dez دز

Tunisian Derja · verb

“dez” (دز) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to push.

Meanings

1. to push
2. to send (message, money)
3. to slip, pass on discreetly

Usage

Dezz is a very common verb that first means "to push": dezz el bab, "push the door". It is also widely used for "to send": dezzli message, "send me a message", dezz el flous, "send the money". It is also used for "slipping" something discreetly, sometimes in the sense of a bribe. The verb is conjugated regularly: dezzit (I pushed, I sent), ndezz (I push), dezzou (push, plural). In the sense of "to send", it is the most natural colloquial word, more common than b3ath. Sources wrongly classify it as an adjective or a noun.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dez” but also “dezz”, “daz” and “dazz”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “dez” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to push”; “to send, to pass on”: dez in Algerian.

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