redd ردّ
Moroccan Darija · verb
“redd” (ردّ) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to give back, return.
Meanings
- to give back, return
- to reply
- redd lbal: to pay attention
Usage
Redd is a very frequent verb. Its primary meaning is "to give back, return": redd liya flousi, "give me back my money". It also means "to reply": redd 3liya, "he answered me". With lbal (the mind), it forms the common expression redd lbal, "to pay attention", often in the imperative: redd balek! The complement can take the possessive suffix (redd balek men...) or be introduced by l- (redd lbal l-rasek, "look after yourself"). In the present, say kayredd.
Example
رد ليا السرف
red liya sarf
“Give me back the change.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanredd | ||
| nta (you, m.) | katredd | redditi | redd |
| nti (you, f.) | katreddi | redditi | reddi |
| howa (he) | kayredd | redd | |
| hiya (she) | katredd | reddat | |
| 7na (we) | kanreddo | reddina | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katreddo | reddito | reddo |
| homa (they) | kayreddo | reddo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “redd” but also “rd”, “red”, “rad” and “rdd”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “redd” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to answer (someone)”; “to give back, return”: red in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to answer, reply”; “to give back, return”: radd in Tunisian.