kbir كبير
Algerian Darja · adjective
“kbir” (كبير) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning big, large.
Meanings
- big, large
- old, elder
- important, great
Usage
Kbir is the common adjective for "big". The feminine is kbira, the plural kbar. It applies to size (dar kbira, "a big house") and to age: khouya lekbir, "my older brother", rak kbir, "you're grown up, you're no longer a child". It also describes a person of standing, as in moumethel kbir, "a great actor". The comparative is kber men, "bigger or older than". Note: to talk about a person's height, twil, "tall, long", is used instead.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kbir” but also “kebir”, “kbiir”, “kbire” and “kabir”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “kbir” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “big, large”; “old, older, elder”: kbir in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “big, large”; “old, elder”: kbir in Tunisian.