b3id بعيد
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“b3id” (بعيد) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning far, distant.
Meanings
- far, distant
- from afar
- unlikely, implausible
Usage
B3id is used for physical distance, with the preposition 3la or 3al: b3id 3al dar (far from the house). It agrees in gender and number: b3ida in the feminine, b3ad in the plural. Men b3id means "from afar", literally and figuratively, and men b3id l-b3id means "from very far, vaguely". To react to an idea that seems implausible, people say b3id! ("I doubt it"). In writing, the i is often stretched to stress great distance. The opposite is qrib ("near").
Example
انتي بعيد عال خدمة
enti b3iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid 3al 5azma
“You are very far from work.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “b3id” but also “ba3id”, “b3ida” and “b3iid”. 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 “b3id” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “far, distant”; “far away, aside”: b3id in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “far, distant (in space)”; “distant, long ago (in time)”: b3id in Algerian.