riyada رياضة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“riyada” (رياضة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning sport, athletic discipline.
Meanings
- sport, athletic discipline
- physical exercise
Usage
Riyada refers to sport in general or to a particular discipline. The verb changes with the meaning. "Dir riyada" means to exercise or work out, as in "kandir riyada f sbaḥ". "L3eb riyada" means to play a sport. To ask which one, say "achmen riyada?". The word is neutral and used in all registers. It also appears in "lmontakhab" and "nadi riyadi" (sports club). The adjective riyadi means sporting or athletic, of a person or a thing. Careful: in the plural, riyadiyat does not mean "sports" but "mathematics".
Example
كاتلعب شي رياضة؟
katl3b chi ryaDa?
“Do you play any sport?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “riyada” but also “ryada”, “riada” and “reyada”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “riyada” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “sport, physical activity”; “physical education (school subject)”: riyada in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “sport”; “physical activity, exercise”: riyadha in Tunisian.