medd مادد
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“medd” (مادد) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning stretching out, holding out (hand, arm).
Meanings
- stretching out, holding out (hand, arm)
- brazenly putting oneself on show
Usage
Mêdd is the active participle of medd (to stretch out, to give). It describes a person who is holding something out: "mêdd ydou" (he is holding out his hand). The expression "mêdd wejhou" (literally "stretching out his face") is used to criticize someone who shows off shamelessly, for example in a video or a comment, to insult or to be seen. It is also used mockingly for someone who just stands there waiting or who meddles in everything. The feminine is mêdda.
Example
شفتو مادد يدو للصغار؟
chouftou medd ydou lesghar?
“Did you see him holding out his hand to the little ones?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “medd” but also “meded”, “madd”, “mêdd” and “maded”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.