ab3ath ابعث
Algerian Darja · verb
“ab3ath” (ابعث) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning send (imperative).
Meanings
- send (imperative)
- to send, to dispatch
Usage
Ab3ath is the imperative of the verb b3ath, "to send". It is used for a message, a parcel, money or a person. It is very often combined with the dative pronoun: ab3athli, "send me", ab3athlou, "send him". The present is yeb3ath and the past is b3ath. In digital use, it is commonly used for photos and messages, competing with borrowings from French such as envoyi. The register is neutral and everyday. The initial vowel "a" is often dropped, in writing as in speech.
Example
ابعثلي التصويرة في الميساج
ab3athli tteswira f lmessage
“Send me the photo in a message.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ab3ath” but also “b3ath”, “ab3at”, “ba3ath” and “b3at”. 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.