3awed عاود
Tunisian Derja · verb
“3awed” (عاود) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to redo, to do again.
Meanings
- to redo, to do again
- to repeat (words)
- to tell, to recount
Usage
3awed (imperfect y3awed) is very common. Followed by a noun, it means "to redo": 3awed el 3ers (to remarry), 3awed l3am (to repeat the school year). Followed by a verb, it marks repetition, like the prefix "re-": 3awed 9ra (he reread). Used alone, it means "repeat": 3awed! (say it again!). With a person as complement, 3awedli means "tell me". This is the most frequent sense in conversation, and an English speaker may mistake it for "repeat it to me". It is often used to tell news or a story.
Example
عاود قولي، ما سمعتكش
3awed 9olli, ma sme3tekch
“Say it again, I didn't hear you.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3awed” but also “3awad”, “3awd”, “a3wed” and “3aaewed”. 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 “3awed” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to repeat, say again”; “to do again (+ verb)”: 3awed in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to redo, to start again”; “to repeat (words)”: 3awed in Algerian.