kteb كتب
Algerian Darja · verb
“kteb” (كتب) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to write.
Meanings
- to write
- to register, write down (a name)
Usage
Kteb (imperfect yekteb, imperative ekteb) is the common verb for "to write": a message, a comment or a name on a list. With the dative pronoun, it means "to write to someone": ktebli, "he wrote to me". In the passive, ktib or maktoub refers to destiny: maktoub, "it was written". For a text or online message, people also often say ab3at, "to send". The agent noun is kateb (writer), and the book is ktab.
Example
كتبلي ميساج البارح فالليل.
kteblі message lbareh fellil.
“He wrote me a message last night.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kteb” but also “ktab”, “kateb”, “ktb” and “kttb”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “kteb” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to write”; “to write to someone”: kteb in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to write”; “to conclude the marriage contract”: kteb in Tunisian.