nad ناض
Moroccan Darija · verb
“nad” (ناض) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to get up.
Meanings
- to get up
- to wake up
- to break out, start
Usage
NaD is the perfective form of the verb "to get up". The imperfective is ynoD and the imperative is noD, "get up". It is used both for rising from a chair and for getting out of bed: naD mn n3as, "he woke up". Followed by another verb, it marks the sudden start of an action: naD kayDHek, "he burst out laughing". It can also say that something breaks out, such as a dispute: naDet lmochkila. It is very often used in the imperative to wake someone up or hurry them.
Example
ناض بكري اليوم
naD bekri lyoum
“He got up early today.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kannoD | nDt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katnoD | nDti | nouD |
| nti (you, f.) | katnoDi | nDti | nouDi |
| howa (he) | kaynoD | naD | |
| hiya (she) | katnoD | naDt | |
| 7na (we) | kannoDo | nDna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katnoDo | nDto | nouDo |
| homa (they) | kaynoDo | naDo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “nad” but also “naad”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “nad” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to get up, wake up”; “to start (doing something)”: nad in Algerian.