jabetlou جابتله

Algerian Darja · verb

“jabetlou” (جابتله) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning she brought him/her.

Meanings

1. she brought him/her
2. she bore him (a child)

Usage

This is the conjugated form of jab (to bring, to fetch) in the third person feminine singular, past tense, followed by -lou or -lah ("to him"). The usual meaning is "she brought him" or "she brought him back". When said of a wife, the same form also means "she gave him a child", as in jabetlou wlid ("she gave him a boy"). Note that the object comes directly after the pronoun, with no preposition. In Algerian speech, the ending is pronounced -lou rather than -lah.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jabetlou” but also “jabtlou”, “jabetlo”, “jabatlah” and “djabetlou”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “jabetlou” on the Arabic keyboard