mridh مريض
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“mridh” (مريض) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning sick, ill.
Meanings
- sick, ill
- a sick person, patient
Usage
Mridh is used as in English, as an adjective (rani mridh, "I am sick") or as a noun (a sick person). The feminine is mridha, the plural mardha. The illness is specified with bi: mridh bel 9alb, "sick with a heart condition". The phrase Allah yechfi, "may God heal", often accompanies the word when speaking of a sick person. In colloquial speech, mridh can also describe someone obsessed or strange, like "sick" in English. For a mild indisposition, one rather says mouch labes or ta3ban.
Example
الله يشفي كلّ مريض
Allah yechfi kol maridh
“May God heal every sick person.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mridh” but also “maridh” and “mrid”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mridh” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “sick, ill”; “a sick person, patient”: mrid in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “sick, ill”; “a sick person, patient”: mrid in Algerian.