r9ed رقد

Moroccan Darija · verb

“r9ed” (رقد) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to sleep, go to bed.

Meanings

1. to sleep, go to bed
2. to be bedridden, hospitalized
3. to linger, lie around (informal)

Usage

Rqed is the usual verb for "to sleep" and "to go to bed": rqedt "I slept", ġadi nerqed "I'm going to sleep". It is very close to n3es, but n3es puts more emphasis on falling asleep or dozing. Rqed f sbitar means "to be hospitalized". The word is also used for a sick person confined to bed. The corresponding noun is rqad, "sleep" or "sleeping". To say "wake up", use faq or fiyeq. The verb takes no preposition to say "sleep at someone's place"; you say rqed 3end flan.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “r9ed” but also “rqed”, “r9d”, “re9ed” and “rked”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.

Type “r9ed” on the Arabic keyboard

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to sleep, fall asleep”; “to lie down, go to bed”: r9ad in Tunisian.