bedi بادي
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“bedi” (بادي) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning having started.
Meanings
- having started
- beginner, just starting
Usage
Bédi is the active participle of the verb bda, "to start". It indicates that an action or a person has already started: "ena bédi nekhdem" means "I have started working". With mazel, it refers to something that has only just begun, or to someone who is a beginner: "mazel bédi", "he is still at the beginning". It agrees in gender and number: bédya for the feminine, bédyin for the plural. Note: the formula "bādi' dhī bad'" belongs to literary Arabic. Badi is also a common surname.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bedi” but also “badi”, “bédi” and “bèdi”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.