fadh فاض
Tunisian Derja · verb
“fadh” (فاض) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to overflow, spill over (liquid).
Meanings
- to overflow, spill over (liquid)
- to be in flood (riverbed)
Usage
Fadh means "to overflow" for a liquid that spills past the edge of a container or a watercourse. It is used for a bathtub, a pot, or a wadi in flood. In the present tense, one says yfidh ("it overflows"). The subject is the liquid, not the container: el mé fadh, "the water overflowed". To say someone has "lost patience", other expressions are preferred, such as ta7 lkhorj or phrases with 9alq. The word remains common and neutral, and is often heard in the kitchen or after heavy rain.
Example
سكّر الروبيني، الماء باش يفيض!
sakker robini, el mé bech yfidh!
“Close the tap, the water is going to overflow!”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fadh” but also “fedh”, “fad” and “fâdh”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “fadh” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to overflow (liquid, container)”; “to go too far, overdo it”: fad in Algerian.