rbe7 ربح
Algerian Darja · verb
“rbe7” (ربح) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to win (match, contest).
Meanings
- to win (match, contest)
- to make a profit
- gain, profit (noun)
Usage
Rbe7 means "to win", whether a competition or a bet (chkoun rbe7? "who won?") or a commercial profit (rbe7 fiha "he made a profit on it"). The imperfect is yerba7. The corresponding noun, rbe7 or ribe7, means gain or profit. It is heard in the wish addressed to shopkeepers, rabbi yerb7ek "may God make you prosper", and in the proverb bi3 terba7 "sell and you will profit". The antonym is khser, "to lose". Rbe7 is not used for earning a living through a salary; for that, phrases with khdem or yjib are preferred.
Example
الفريق تاعنا ربح الماتش البارح
lfari9 ta3na rbe7 match lbare7
“Our team won the match yesterday.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “rbe7” but also “rba7”, “rbeh”, “rbah” and “rebe7”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “rbe7” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to win (match, prize, contest)”; “to earn, to make a profit”: rbe7 in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to earn (money, profit)”; “to win (a match, a bet)”: rbe7 in Tunisian.