fazz فز
Tunisian Derja · verb
“fazz” (فز) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to jump up, to start.
Meanings
- to jump up, to start
- to leap, to flutter (heart)
Usage
fazz describes a sudden movement, usually caused by surprise or fear: jumping up suddenly, starting. One often says "fazz men n-noum" for someone who wakes up with a start. In songs and poems, the verb applies to a heart that leaps or beats for someone. It conjugates like a doubled-consonant verb: fazzit (I jumped up), yfezz (he starts). It also has a transitive sense, "to startle", with an object: "fazzni". This word is used in everyday speech.
Example
سمع الباب يتسكّر وفزّ من النوم.
sma3 el beb yetsakker w fazz men n-noum.
“He heard the door slam and woke up with a start.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fazz” but also “fez”, “faz” and “fezz”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “fazz” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to get up suddenly, leap”; “to jump with fear”: fezz in Algerian.