mfid مفيد
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“mfid” (مفيد) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning useful.
Meanings
- useful
- beneficial, helpful
Usage
The adjective mfid describes something that serves a purpose, that brings something: a book, a piece of advice, a programme, a food. It agrees in gender and number: mfida in the feminine, mfidin in the plural. It is readily strengthened with barcha ("very"): mfid barcha. It is used in all registers, from casual conversation to more careful commentary. For health, a food is said to be mfid lel bdan ("good for the body"). To express the opposite, one says ma ifidech ("it's no use") or bla fayda ("without use").
Example
الكتاب هذا مفيد برشا للقراية
el ktab hedha mfid barcha lel 9raya
“This book is very useful for studying.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mfid” but also “mofid”, “mfiid”, “moufid” and “mufid”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mfid” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “useful”; “informative, enriching”: moufid in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “useful”; “instructive, beneficial”: mufid in Algerian.