r9ad رقد
Tunisian Derja · verb
“r9ad” (رقد) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to sleep, fall asleep.
Meanings
- to sleep, fall asleep
- to lie down, go to bed
Usage
R9ad is the usual verb for "to sleep" in Tunisian. It also means "to go to bed": r9ad bekri means "he went to bed early". The imperfect is yor9od (nor9od "I sleep", tor9od "you sleep"). The verbal noun r9ad means sleep, and ra9ed means "asleep". The causative form ra99ed means "to put to sleep" or "to put to bed", for example a child. For a nap, one rather says t9ayyel. The verb is used in all registers.
Example
الصغير رقد، ما تعيّطش
essghir r9ad, ma t3ayyatch
“The little one has fallen asleep, don't shout.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “r9ad” but also “rkad”, “rqad” and “r9adt”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “r9ad” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to sleep, go to bed”; “to be bedridden, hospitalized”: r9ed in Moroccan.