5dha خدا
Tunisian Derja · verb
“5dha” (خدا) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning he took.
Meanings
- he took
- he got, received
- he married
Usage
5da, also written 5dha, is the third-person masculine singular past form of the verb "take". The present is ya5ou or ya5ith. The verb also covers the meaning of getting or receiving, for example a sum, a grade or a prize. In "5da bent flen", it means to marry. The pronunciation with dh is the most common, but many people say and write d. In the past, the conjugated forms are 5dit ("I took") and 5dhet ("she took").
Example
خدا الكرهبة متاع بوه ومشى.
5da el karhba mta3 bouh w mcha.
“He took his father's car and left.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “5dha” but also “5da”, “khdha” and “khda”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “5dha” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to take, grab something”; “to have (shower, drink, medicine)”: khda in Moroccan.