y9alleb يقلب
Algerian Darja · verb
“y9alleb” (يقلب) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to search, to rummage.
Meanings
- to search, to rummage
- to look over, to browse
- to turn over, to flip
Usage
Y9alleb (imperative 9alleb) means to search by rummaging, by turning things over. One says y9alleb 3la, "to look for something", or y9alleb fi, "to rummage through": y9alleb fel khzana, "he is rummaging through the cupboard". In a shop, y9alleb sel3a describes someone examining the goods, often without buying. The original sense of "to turn over", like flipping a pancake or a mattress, is still alive. Do not confuse it with yaqleb or y9leb, "to overturn, to knock over", whose meaning is close but distinct. The register is everyday.
Example
راني نقلب على الساروت، ما لقيتوش
rani n9alleb 3la sarout, ma l9itouch
“I'm looking for the key, I haven't found it.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, it is written “y9alleb”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.