nadi نادي
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“nadi” (نادي) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning excellent, great.
Meanings
- excellent, great
- skilled, very good (person)
- club (sports, association)
Usage
In colloquial darija, nadi is mainly used as a praising adjective: a film, a meal, an evening or a person can be nadi. Applied to someone, it means they are very good at something, often with the preposition f: nadi f lkora, "very good at football". Among friends, it also serves as an affectionate compliment, even as thanks. It is a young, spoken register, to be avoided in formal contexts. The sense of "club" (nadi riyadi, sports club) also exists, but belongs to more institutional vocabulary. Context tells the two senses apart.
Example
راه فيلم نادي
rah film nadi
“This film is really great.”
Forms
| plural | nawadi |
|---|
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 “nadi” but also “nady”, “naadi” and “naddi”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “nadi” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “club (sports, association)”; “circle, meeting place”: nadi in Tunisian.