sde3 صدع
Moroccan Darija · verb
“sde3” (صدع) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to annoy, to pester.
Meanings
- to annoy, to pester
- to give a headache
- to deafen with noise
Usage
A very common, colloquial transitive verb: you annoy someone. It takes a suffixed pronoun: sde3tini ("you've given me a headache"). It is also used with ras: sde3ti li rasi, literally "you've split my head". In the negative imperative, ma tsde3nich ("don't bother me") is used to brush off a chatty child or a pushy person. The participle msde3 describes someone fed up or who has a migraine: rasi msde3. The noun sda3 means disturbance, racket or headache. The word is informal but stays rather friendly, not vulgar.
Example
ما تصدعنيش، راني خدام.
ma tsde3nich, rani khddam.
“Don't bug me, I'm working.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sde3” but also “sda3” and “sdaa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.