lazz لز
Tunisian Derja · verb
“lazz” (لز) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to force, to compel.
Meanings
- to force, to compel
- to push, to shove
Usage
Lazz means to physically push someone or something, and especially, figuratively, to compel or push to act. It often appears in a rhetorical question with a critical or mocking tone: ach lazzek?, "what forced you?", meaning "who asked you to do it?". The phrase implies the action was pointless or unwelcome. It takes a verb in the imperfective: ach lazz Hamma ighanni, "what pushed Hamma to sing". The register is informal. The noun lazza means necessity, constraint.
Example
آش لزّك تقلّو؟
ach lazzek t9ollou ?
“What forced you to tell him that?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lazz” but also “laz”, “lezz” and “lez”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.