rbeh الربح
Algerian Darja · noun
“rbeh” (الربح) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning gain, profit, earnings.
Meanings
- gain, profit, earnings
- success, good fortune
- victory, winning
Usage
Errbeh, with the article, first refers to the profit made from a trade or business: "ma kanch errbeh" (there is no profit). The word is especially frequent in well-wishing formulas, where it takes the broader sense of "success, prosperity": "Allah yaatik errbeh" (may God grant you success), said to a shopkeeper or to someone starting a project. It can also refer to winning a game or a match. The corresponding verb is rbeh, "to win". The word is neutral and is used in all registers.
Example
الله يعطيك الربح فتجارتك
Allah ya3tik errbeh f tijartek
“May God make your business prosper.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “rbeh” but also “errbeh”, “rebh”, “erbah” and “rbah”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “rbeh” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “profit, gain”; “winnings, victory”: rrbe7 in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “profit, earnings”; “gain, win (opposite of loss)”: rbe7 in Tunisian.