zad زاد
Moroccan Darija · verb
“zad” (زاد) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to increase, grow.
Meanings
- to increase, grow
- to add
- to do even more, keep going
Usage
Zad expresses an increase (zad trafic, "traffic has increased") or an addition (zid lmel7, "add some salt"). Placed before another verb, it means "even more, on top of that": zad chaja3ni, "that encouraged me even more." The imperative zid is extremely common in the sense of "go ahead, keep going, move on." Zad fih can mean "he overdid it, he went too far." The present tense is kayzid.
Example
إمكان زاد تألوت؟
imkan zad talawot?
“Maybe the pollution has increased?”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanzid | zedt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katzid | zdti | zid |
| nti (you, f.) | katzidi | zdti | zidi |
| howa (he) | kayzid | zad | |
| hiya (she) | katzid | zadt | |
| 7na (we) | kanzido | zdna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katzido | zdto | zido |
| homa (they) | kayzido | zado |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “zad” but also “zaad” and “zid”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “zad” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to add”; “to increase”: zad in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to increase, grow”; “to add”: zed in Tunisian.