re9ed راقد
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“re9ed” (راقد) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning asleep, sleeping.
Meanings
- asleep, sleeping
- lying down
Usage
Re9ed is the participle of the verb r9od (to sleep). It describes someone who is sleeping or who is simply stretched out, not necessarily asleep. It agrees in gender and number: re9da in the feminine, re9din in the plural. It is often made more specific by the position: re9ed 3la dhahrou (lying on his back), re9ed 3la kerchou (on his stomach). Context decides between "he is sleeping" and "he is lying down". The sentence "houwa re9ed" answers "where is he?" just as well as "what is he doing?". The word is used in all registers.
Example
بابا راقد، ما تعملش الحس
baba re9ed, ma ta3melch el 7ess
“Dad is asleep, don't make any noise.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “re9ed” but also “ra9ed”, “reqed”, “raqed” and “rakid”. 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.