3add عد
Tunisian Derja · verb
“3add” (عد) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to count, enumerate.
Meanings
- to count, enumerate
- to consider, regard as
Usage
The verb 3add (imperfect ya3add, imperative 3odd) means "to count": 3odd leflous (count the money), 3add mel wa7ed l 3achra (he counted from one to ten). It can also mean "to consider": n3oddou kif khouya (I consider him like my brother). Do not confuse it with ma 3ad ("no longer"), which is very common: ma 3ad chay yfarra7ni (nothing makes me happy anymore). In writing the spelling is identical, and only context distinguishes the two.
Example
عد الفلوس قبل ما تخلص
3odd leflous 9bal ma tkhalles
“Count the money before you pay.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3add” but also “3odd”, “ad”, “3ad” and “y3add”. 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.