jab جاب
Algerian Darja · verb
“jab” (جاب) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to bring, bring back.
Meanings
- to bring, bring back
- to fetch, get
- to get (a grade, a result)
Usage
Jab is one of the most common verbs in darja. It means "to bring" or "to bring back" something or someone: jib lma (bring water). The imperative is jib, the imperfect njib, tjib, yjib. It is also used for a result obtained: jab el bac (he got the bac), jab note mliha. In the question mnin jabha? (where did he pull that from?), it expresses astonishment at an idea or invention. Wach jab… l… ? is used to say that two things have nothing to do with each other. Note: jab does not mean "to take" in the sense of taking away, which is dda.
Example
جيبلي كاس ما من الكوزينة
jibli kas ma men la cuisine
“Bring me a glass of water from the kitchen.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jab” but also “djab”, “jeb” and “jeeb”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jab” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to bring, fetch”; “to get (a grade, a diploma)”: jab in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to bring, to bring back”; “to get (a grade, a result)”: jeb in Tunisian.