zeda زادا
Tunisian Derja · adverb
“zeda” (زادا) is an adverb in Tunisian Derja meaning also, too.
Meanings
- also, too
- either (with negation)
- besides, moreover
Usage
Zeda is the usual adverb for "also". It generally comes after the element it applies to: ana zeda, "me too". In a negative sentence, it corresponds to "either": houwa zeda ma jech, "he didn't come either". At the start of a sentence, it can add an argument, in the sense of "besides" or "and also". The word belongs to all spoken registers and is very often written zeda online. Do not confuse it with the verb zed, "to add, to increase", which is from the same family.
Example
حتّى أنا زادا نحبّ نمشي
7atta ana zeda n7eb nemchi
“Me too, I want to go.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “zeda” but also “zada”, “zedda”, “zeyda”, “zadda” and “zeada”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find زادا and زادة, all the same word.
Type “zeda” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
The same word also exists in Algerian Darja, written زادة, where it means “also, too”; “moreover, in addition”: zada in Algerian.