madhi ماضي
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“madhi” (ماضي) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning past, after (time).
Meanings
- past, after (time)
- the past
Usage
In everyday use, madhi is mainly used to tell the time. Placed before an hour, it indicates that the hour has passed: madhi tlatha, "past three o'clock". Tawa madhi sa3a w dra3 means "it's a little past one o'clock". Preceded by the article, el madhi means "the past", in both the temporal and the grammatical sense. The register is then more neutral, even formal.
Example
توّا ماضي الخمسة
tawa madhi l5amsa
“It's past five o'clock now.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “madhi” but also “madi” and “maadhi”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “madhi” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “the past”; “sharp (blade)”: madi in Moroccan.