kid كيد

Moroccan Darija · noun

“kid” (كيد) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning spite, resentment, wish to vex.

Meanings

1. spite, resentment, wish to vex
2. scheme, plot, cunning

Usage

The word kid is used mostly with the article, lkid. It means the spite and bitterness one holds against someone, or the wish to vex them. It is often found in expressions like b lkid or mn lkid, "out of spite", and the corresponding verb, kad ykid, means "to infuriate, to make jealous". The second sense, cunning or scheming, is more literary or religious. It is heard mainly in the set phrase kid nnsa, "the cunning of women". Pitfall for an English speaker: understanding it as "conspiracy" in the political sense, whereas in everyday conversation it first expresses personal resentment.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kid” but also “keid” and “kayd”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “kid” on the Arabic keyboard

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “cunning, scheming”; “malice, mean trick”: kid in Tunisian.