raje3 راجع

Tunisian Derja · adjective

“raje3” (راجع) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning returning, coming back.

Meanings

1. returning, coming back
2. revise! (imperative of raja3)
3. reconsider, check again

Usage

Raje3 is the active participle of rja3 ("to come back"). It agrees like an adjective: raj3a in the feminine, raj3in in the plural. It expresses an action in progress: "ana raje3 lid-dar" ("I'm going back home"), "raje3 fi thnia" ("on the way back"). It should not be confused with the verb raja3, yraja3 ("to revise, to review"), widely used by students: "raja3 dourousek" ("revise your lessons"). For "reconsider" in a moral sense, people often say raja3 rou7ek ("pull yourself together, think again").

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “raje3” but also “raja3”, “rajaa” and “rajee3”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.

Type “raje3” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “returning, on the way back”; “review, reconsider (imperative)”: raje3 in Moroccan.

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to revise (lessons)”; “to recheck, to review”: raja3 in Algerian.