mrid مريض
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“mrid” (مريض) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning sick, ill.
Meanings
- sick, ill
- a sick person, patient
Usage
The basic word for saying someone is sick, used in all registers. It agrees in gender and number: mriDa in the feminine, mrad in the plural. It is used as an adjective (ana mriD, "I am sick") or as a noun for a sick person or a hospital patient (l-mrad, "the sick"). It is often heard after rah or baqi: rah mriD ("he is sick"), baqi mriD ("still sick"). For a passing indisposition, one also says fiya chi haja or ana 3iyan ("I'm tired"). The corresponding verb is mreD, "to fall ill".
Example
أنا باقي مريض
ana ba9i mriD
“I'm still sick.”
Forms
| feminine | mriDa |
|---|---|
| plural | mraD |
| feminine plural | mriDat |
Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mrid” but also “mred” and “mreed”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mrid” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “sick, ill”; “a sick person, patient”: mrid in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “sick, ill”; “a sick person, patient”: mridh in Tunisian.