mnarvez منرفز
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“mnarvez” (منرفز) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning irritated, annoyed.
Meanings
- irritated, annoyed
- tense, on edge
- short-tempered
Usage
Mnarvez is a very common adjective meaning irritated or annoyed, in all everyday situations. It agrees in gender and number: mnarvza in the feminine, mnarvzin in the plural. It is used with or without a pronoun: ana mnarvez (I'm irritated). It is intensified with barcha (very). The related verb is narvez (to get worked up, to irritate someone): narvezni means "he irritated me". Pitfall: the word mainly refers to anger or annoyance, rarely to anxiety, unlike "nervous" in English. Informal register, understood everywhere.
Example
ما تكلمنيش توّا، راني منرفز.
ma tkalemnich tawa, rani mnarvez.
“Don't talk to me now, I'm worked up.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mnarvez” but also “mnervez”, “mnarfez” and “menervez”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.