mkhabbi مخبي
Algerian Darja · adjective
“mkhabbi” (مخبي) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning hidden, concealed.
Meanings
- hidden, concealed
- hiding
- set aside, kept
Usage
Mkhebbi is the participle of khebba, "to hide". It is used as an adjective for a concealed object (dhab mkhebbi, "hidden gold"). With an active sense, it also refers to a person who is hiding or someone who is hiding something (wach rak mkhebbi?, "what are you hiding?"). It can also describe what has been set aside as a reserve, money for example. The feminine is mkhebbia, the plural mkhebbiyin. The register is neutral and everyday. Note: depending on the context, the word means either "hidden" or "hiding something".
Example
لقيت الدراهم مخبيين تحت الفراش.
lqit draham mkhebbyin taht lefrach.
“I found the money hidden under the mattress.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mkhabbi” but also “mkhebbi”, “m5abi”, “mkhabi” and “mkhebi”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “mkhabbi” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “hidden, concealed”; “hiding”: mkhebbi in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “hidden”; “hiding, concealing”: m5abbi in Tunisian.