fased فاسد
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“fased” (فاسد) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning rotten, spoiled.
Meanings
- rotten, spoiled
- corrupt
Usage
Fèsed (feminine fèsda) first describes food that is no longer fit to eat: soured milk, spoiled meat, rotten fruit. One also says tfassad for "to go bad". In the moral sense, it describes a corrupt person or system. This sense is very common in political discourse, where the corresponding noun is el fsed ("corruption"). The plural fèsdin is used for people. Applied directly to someone, it is an accusation or an insult.
Example
الحليب هذا فاسد، ما تشربوش
el 7lib hedha fesed, ma tochorbouch
“This milk is off, don't drink it.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fased” but also “fesed”, “fèsed”, “fasid” and “fesda”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “fased” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “rotten, spoiled”; “corrupt, depraved”: fased in Moroccan.