nfedh نفذ
Tunisian Derja · verb
“nfedh” (نفذ) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to run out, come to be lacking.
Meanings
- to run out, come to be lacking
- to get away, escape
- to carry out, execute (naffedh)
Usage
In the form nfedh, the verb means that something runs out or becomes scarce: money, patience, supplies. One says nfedh sabri for "my patience is at its end". The same verb can also mean "to get by", "to manage to get through": nfedh b-rouhou, "he got away with it". The intensive form naffedh means "to carry out": an order, a plan, or a promise one keeps (naffedh el-wa3d). Without vowels, Arabic script does not distinguish the two forms. Context decides: does the subject suffer the shortage, or perform the action?
Example
نفذو الفلوس قبل آخر الشهر.
nfedhou el flous 9bal ekher ech-chhar.
“The money ran out before the end of the month.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “nfedh” but also “nfed”, “naffedh” and “nafedh”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.