sedd سد
Tunisian Derja · verb
“sedd” (سد) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to close, shut again.
Meanings
- to close, shut again
- to block, plug up
- dam (noun: sadd)
Usage
Sedd means to close or to block: sedd el bab (close the door), sedd 3lih (leave him no way out, corner him). It competes with sakker, which is more frequent in some regions for closing a door or a shop. Sedd rather stresses the idea of obstructing, plugging or barring a passage, and is also used for killing the appetite: sedd jou3ou. As a noun, sadd means a water dam, for example sadd Sidi Salem. The present tense is conjugated ysedd. Warning: the expression sedd fommek, "shut your mouth", is quite blunt.
Example
سدّ الشبّاك، البرد دخل.
sedd ech-chobbek, el berd dkhal.
“Close the window, the cold has come in.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sedd” but also “sed”, “sad” and “sid”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “sedd” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to close (door, window, shop)”; “to block, plug up”: sed in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to close (door, window, shop)”; “to block, to plug”: sed in Algerian.