sed سدّ
Moroccan Darija · verb
“sed” (سدّ) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to close (door, window, shop).
Meanings
- to close (door, window, shop)
- to block, plug up
- dam (noun)
Usage
Sedd is the most common verb for "to close": a door, a window, a box or a shop (sedd lḥanout, "he closed the shop"). It is conjugated like verbs with a doubled consonant: seddit, "I closed", kaysedd, "he closes". The opposite is ḥell, "to open". It also means "to block": sedd nnif, "to have a blocked nose". In the passive, one says tsedd, "to be closed". As a noun, sedd means a dam. To lock with a key, one often specifies b sarout.
Example
سير سد الباب
sir sed lbab
“Go close the door.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kansdd | sddit | |
| nta (you, m.) | katsdd | sdditi | sdd |
| nti (you, f.) | katsddi | sdditi | sddi |
| howa (he) | kaysdd | sdd | |
| hiya (she) | katsdd | sddat | |
| 7na (we) | kansddo | sddina | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katsddo | sddito | sddo |
| homa (they) | kaysddo | sddo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sed” but also “sedd”, “sdd”, “sadd” and “sd”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “sed” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to close (door, window, shop)”; “to block, to plug”: sed in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to close, shut again”; “to block, plug up”: sedd in Tunisian.