9assed قاصد
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“9assed” (قاصد) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning acting on purpose, intentionally.
Meanings
- acting on purpose, intentionally
- heading toward, aiming at
Usage
9assed (feminine 9asda, plural 9asdin) describes a person who acts deliberately. It is very frequent in the negative as an apology: ma kontech 9assed, "I didn't do it on purpose". It can take a complement: 9assed bih ("you're aiming at that"), 9assed rabbi ("someone who goes his own way honestly, to earn a living"). Since it is a participle, it agrees with the subject and is used without the verb "to be". Note that at the start of a sentence it does not mean "directly". Common register, across all generations.
Example
سامحني، ما كنتش قاصد
Sam7ni, ma kontech 9assed
“Forgive me, I didn't do it on purpose.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9assed” but also “9ased”, “qassed” and “kased”. 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.