ssebt السبت
Algerian Darja · noun
“ssebt” (السبت) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning Saturday.
Meanings
- Saturday
Usage
Es-sebt is the word for Saturday. It is most often used in nhar es-sebt ("Saturday", literally "the day of Saturday") or without the article: sebt el-jay ("next Saturday"). In Algeria, the official weekend falls on Friday and Saturday. Saturday is therefore a day off, and the working week resumes on Sunday. Like el-had ("Sunday"), the word appears in names of markets and places, for example Souk Es-Sebt. The article is often pronounced assimilated: ssebt.
Example
نتلاقاو نهار السبت
ntla9aw nhar ssebt
“We'll meet on Saturday.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ssebt” but also “sebt”, “essebt” and “sabt”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “ssebt” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “Saturday”: ssebt in Moroccan.