w3ed وعد
Moroccan Darija · verb
“w3ed” (وعد) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to promise.
Meanings
- to promise
- promise (noun: lwa3d)
- fate, destiny (noun: lw3ad)
Usage
W3ed means to promise and takes a direct object for the person: "w3edtek" (I promised you), "w3edni b chi 7aja" (he promised me something). The noun "lwa3d" means a promise: "3ndek lwa3d" (I promise you), "khlef lwa3d" (to break one's word). Distinguish it from the form "lw3ad," which means fate: "hadak lw3ad" (it was written). It is often used fatalistically, after a happy or unhappy event.
Example
وعدني يجي غدّا
w3edni yji ghedda
“He promised me he'd come tomorrow.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanw3ed | w3edt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katw3ed | w3edti | w3ed |
| nti (you, f.) | katw3di | w3edti | w3di |
| howa (he) | kayw3ed | w3ed | |
| hiya (she) | katw3ed | w3dat | |
| 7na (we) | kanw3do | w3dna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katw3do | w3dto | w3do |
| homa (they) | kayw3do | w3do |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “w3ed” but also “w3ad”, “w3d”, “wa3d” and “wa3ed”. 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.
Type “w3ed” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to promise”; “promise (noun wa3d)”: wa3ed in Tunisian.