9rib قريب
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“9rib” (قريب) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning near, close.
Meanings
- near, close
- soon, almost
- relative, close kin
Usage
Qrib is a very common word. As an adjective it agrees: qrib for the masculine, qriba for the feminine, qrab for the plural. It is used with l- or mn: qrib lina ("close to our place"), qrib mn lmdrasa ("close to the school"). At the start of a sentence it means "soon" or "almost": qrib ghadi yrje3 ("he will be back soon"), qrib nsali ("I've almost finished"). Used as a noun, it means a relative: qrayb ("relatives"). The pitfall is agreement: you must say ddar qriba, not ddar qrib.
Example
الدار قريبة من المدرسة
dar 9riba mn lmdrasa
“The house is close to the school.”
Forms
| feminine | 9riba |
|---|---|
| plural | 9rab |
| feminine plural | 9ribat |
Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9rib” but also “qrib”, “krib” and “9reeb”. 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.
Type “9rib” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “near, close”; “soon, approaching”: qrib in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “near, close”; “almost, about to”: 9rib in Tunisian.