jerreb جرب
Algerian Darja · verb
“jerreb” (جرب) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to try, attempt.
Meanings
- to try, attempt
- to test, put to the test
- to taste, try (clothing, dish)
Usage
An everyday verb for "to try". It takes a noun (jerreb had ssebbat, "try these shoes") or another conjugated verb, with no infinitive (jerreb tahder m3ah, "try talking to him"). It is also used for tasting a dish or testing a product or method. In the imperative, jerreb! often serves as a challenge or piece of advice: "try it, you'll see!". The corresponding noun is tejriba (experience, trial). The verb is used in all registers, from informal to the most neutral.
Example
جرّب هاد الكسكسي، راهو بنين
jerreb had el kousksi, rah bnin
“Try this couscous, it's delicious.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jerreb” but also “jarreb”, “jareb”, “jrreb” and “djerreb”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jerreb” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to try, test”; “to put to the test”: jerreb in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to try, to attempt”; “to taste, to test (product, dish)”: jarreb in Tunisian.