ghres غرس
Moroccan Darija · verb
“ghres” (غرس) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to plant (tree, plant).
Meanings
- to plant (tree, plant)
- to drive into the ground
Usage
Ghres means "to plant" a tree, a plant or flowers. The present is kayghres; the first person of the past is ghrest. The verb is directly transitive: ghres chi chejra, "to plant a tree". For seeds, zre3, "to sow", is more often used; ghres is used mainly for seedlings, trees and cuttings. By extension, it is used for a stake driven into the ground. The corresponding noun is ghers, "planting". The word is common in both rural and urban settings.
Example
غرست شي زيتونات فالعرصة
ghrest chi zitounat f l3ersa
“I planted a few olive trees in the garden.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanghres | ghrest | |
| nta (you, m.) | katghres | ghresti | ghres |
| nti (you, f.) | katghrsi | ghresti | ghrsi |
| howa (he) | kayghres | ghres | |
| hiya (she) | katghres | ghrsat | |
| 7na (we) | kanghrso | ghrsna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katghrso | ghrsto | ghrso |
| homa (they) | kayghrso | ghrso |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ghres” but also “ghras”, “ghers” and “ghrs”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “ghres” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to plant (tree, plant)”; “to drive, stick into the ground”: ghras in Tunisian.