ssid الصيد

Moroccan Darija · noun

“ssid” (الصيد) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning fishing.

Meanings

1. fishing
2. hunting

Usage

Ssid means the act of catching fish or game, so both fishing and hunting. The context makes clear which is meant: "ssid dyal l7out" (fishing), "ssid f lghaba" (hunting in the forest). One says "mcha l ssid" (he went fishing or hunting). The fisherman or hunter is sayyad, and the verb is ṣad, yṣid (to catch, to take), also used figuratively for "to trap someone". The word is common, especially in coastal towns where fishing is part of daily life.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ssid” but also “sid”, “ssayd”, “sayd” and “sseyd”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “ssid” on the Arabic keyboard

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “the lion”; “fishing, hunting”: essid in Tunisian.