9dha قضى
Tunisian Derja · verb
“9dha” (قضى) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to finish, complete a task.
Meanings
- to finish, complete a task
- to suffice, do the job
- to spend (time)
Usage
The verb 9dha (present ye9dhi) first means to bring something to completion: 9dhit, "I'm done", or 9dhit 7ajti, "I've sorted out my business". In the sense of "to suffice, to do the job", it is very common in the negative: ma ye9dhich, "it doesn't work, it isn't enough". With a length of time, it means "to spend": 9dhina el 3otla fel b7ar, "we spent the holidays at the seaside". Note: "to do the shopping" is said with the derived form n9adhi (9adda).
Example
قضيت الخدمة الكل؟
9dhit el khedma el kol?
“Have you finished all the work?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9dha” but also “kdha”, “9adha” and “qdha”. 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 “9dha” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to settle, get done (a matter)”; “to make do, manage with”: 9da in Moroccan.