ras راس
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ras” (راس) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning head.
Meanings
- head
- end, tip, beginning
- oneself (with possessive)
Usage
Ras is the ordinary word for the head, in all registers. With a possessive it gives rassi, rassek, rasso: "rassi kayderni", I have a headache. It also serves as a reflexive pronoun: "b rassi", myself, "3la rassek", as you like. Finally, it means the end or the beginning of something: "ras derb", the top of the alley, "ras l3am", New Year. It appears in many expressions, such as "ras lmal", capital, or "3emmer lik rassek", to get carried away. The English gloss "race" is only a misleading Latin spelling.
Example
راسي كيضرني بزاف اليوم
rassi kayderni bzaf lyoum
“My head hurts a lot today.”
Forms
| plural | ryous |
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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 “ras” but also “rass”, “rasse” and “race”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “ras” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “head”; “tip, beginning, end”: ras in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “head”; “start, end, tip”: ras in Tunisian.