kayderr كايضرّ
Moroccan Darija · verb
“kayderr” (كايضرّ) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning hurts, is painful.
Meanings
- hurts, is painful
- harms, does damage
Usage
Kayderr is the imperfective of Derr, "to hurt". The body part is the subject and the person is an object pronoun. One says rasi kayderrni, "I have a headache", literally "my head hurts me". In the feminine, one says katderr: kerchi katderrni, "my stomach hurts". The verb also means "to harm": had lmakla kadderr, "this food is bad for your health". The corresponding noun is Darr, "harm, wrong". The register is common.
Example
راسي كايضرّني
rasi kayderrni
“My head hurts.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kayderr” but also “kaydrr” and “kaydar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.