ldid لديد
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“ldid” (لديد) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning delicious, tasty.
Meanings
- delicious, tasty
- pleasant, enjoyable
Usage
Ldid describes mainly food and drinks: had tajine ldid "this tajine is delicious". The feminine is ldida and the plural is ldad. It is readily intensified with bezzaf or bzzaf: ldid bezzaf "very good". In the same sense, bnin is also very common, especially for dishes. By extension, ldid can describe a pleasant thing, atmosphere or sensation. The word is used in all registers and suits home as well as the restaurant.
Example
كان داكشي لديد بزّاف.
kan dakchi ldid bezzaf.
“It was really delicious.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ldid” but also “ldiid”, “lddid”, “ledid” and “ldide”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.