teyyeb طيب
Algerian Darja · verb
“teyyeb” (طيب) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to cook, prepare a dish.
Meanings
- to cook, prepare a dish
- to cook, to boil
- (adjective ṭayyeb) kind, good
Usage
The verb teyyeb (imperfect yteyyeb) is the usual word for "to do the cooking": teyyeb l3cha, "prepare dinner". It is also used for cooking a specific food: teyyeb l'lham, "cook the meat". The participle mteyyeb means "cooked". Pitfall: the same Arabic spelling also corresponds to the adjective ṭayyeb, "kind, good", very frequent in compliments (rak ṭayyeb bezzaf, "you are very kind") or as an affectionate form of address. Only context and construction distinguish the verb from the adjective.
Example
يمّا طيّبت العشا
yemma teyybet l3cha
“Mom cooked dinner.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “teyyeb” but also “tayeb”, “tayyeb”, “teyeb” and “tiyeb”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “teyyeb” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to cook, make food”; “to cook (a food item)”: tyeb in Moroccan.