sbat صباط
Algerian Darja · noun
“sbat” (صباط) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning shoe.
Meanings
- shoe
- pair of shoes
Usage
Sbat is the common word for "shoe", whether a dress shoe or a sneaker. Its plural is sbabet. In the singular, it can also mean a whole pair: chrit sbat jdid, "I bought new shoes". The word is neutral and used everywhere. In some expressions, the shoe serves as an image of contempt, for example when threatening someone with a blow from a shoe. So pay attention to context. In Latin script, the vowel of the first syllable is often omitted.
Example
شريت صباط جديد للعيد
chrit sbat jdid lel 3id
“I bought new shoes for Eid.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sbat” but also “sobbat”, “sabbat”, “sbbat”, “sabat” and “sebbat”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find صباط and سباط, all the same word.
Type “sbat” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “shoe, pair of shoes”: sebbat in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “shoe”; “pair of shoes”: sabbat in Tunisian.