9ad قد
Tunisian Derja · noun
“9ad” (قد) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning the size of.
Meanings
- the size of
- size, measure
- to one's measure, matching
Usage
Qadd expresses size, measure or equivalence. Most often, it goes before a noun to compare: qadd el-kaf (as big as a palm). It is very common in recipes: qadd qadd (equal size). With a pronoun, it means "your size" or "on your level": jet qaddek (she's a match for you). It is also heard in qadd ma, "as much as": kol qadd ma t7eb (eat as much as you want). Pronunciation varies: the "q" is pronounced "g" in many regions, hence the spellings gad and gadd.
Example
تقص الحواشي وبعد تقص مربعات صغار قد كعبات مقروض
t9os el7weichi wba3d t9os mourab3at sghar 9ad ka3bet ma9roud
“Cut off the edges, then cut small squares the size of pieces of makroudh.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9ad” but also “gadd”, “gad”, “9ed” and “qad”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “9ad” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “size, dimension, measure”; “as much as, as big as”: 9edd in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “size, measure”; “as much as (qedd ma)”: qed in Algerian.