zed زاد

Tunisian Derja · verb

“zed” (زاد) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to increase, grow.

Meanings

1. to increase, grow
2. to add
3. to keep going (imperative zid)

Usage

A very common verb: zed in the past, yzid in the imperfect, zid in the imperative. Intransitive, it means "to increase": es-soum zed (prices have gone up). Transitive, it means "to add": zidni chwaya (give me a bit more). The phrase rabbi yzidek expresses a wish for prosperity. In the imperative, zid also serves as encouragement ("go on, keep going") or, ironically, as a reproach ("and on top of that!"). Not to be confused with the adverb zeda, "also, again," which comes from the same root but is used differently. In arabizi, the long vowel is often written e.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “zed” but also “zid”, “zad” and “yzid”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “zed” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to increase, grow”; “to add”: zad in Moroccan.

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to add”; “to increase”: zad in Algerian.