mardh مرض
Tunisian Derja · noun
“mardh” (مرض) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning illness, disease.
Meanings
- illness, disease
- ailment, chronic condition
Usage
Mardh is the usual word for an illness, both in everyday conversation and in medical language. It is often built with "3and" to express possession: "3andou mardh" (he has an illness). It is also used for a specific illness: "mardh es-sokkar" (diabetes). The plural is amradh. To simply say "to be sick", use instead the adjective mridh or the verb mrodh. The final "dh" transcribes an emphatic sound that many Tunisians pronounce close to a stressed "d".
Example
عندو مرض في قلبو من صغرو.
3andou mardh fi 9albou men sghorou.
“He has had a heart condition since childhood.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mardh” but also “mard” and “mared”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mardh” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “illness, disease”; “being sick”: mard in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “illness, disease”; “obsession, bad habit (figurative)”: mard in Algerian.