chreb شرب
Algerian Darja · verb
“chreb” (شرب) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to drink (a liquid).
Meanings
- to drink (a liquid)
- to smoke (a cigarette)
Usage
A very common verb, conjugated as in ordinary Darja: chrebt (I drank), yechrob (he drinks), echrob! (drink!). It is used for water, coffee, tea, milk, or medicine. In many regions, chreb is also used for cigarettes: yechrob el garro (he smokes). An English speaker would say "smoke", but Darja keeps the verb "drink" here. Depending on the context, the verb can also refer to alcohol. For a syrup or a soup, one says chreb rather than kla (to eat).
Example
شربت قهوة وخرجت للخدمة
chrebt kahwa w khrejt lel khedma
“I drank a coffee and left for work.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chreb” but also “chrob”, “cherb”, “chrab” and “shrab”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “chreb” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to drink”; “to take (medicine)”: chreb in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to drink”; “to smoke (a cigarette)”: chreb in Tunisian.