dowweb دوّب
Moroccan Darija · verb
“dowweb” (دوّب) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to melt (something).
Meanings
- to melt (something)
- to dissolve (in a liquid)
Usage
Dowweb, ydowweb is a transitive verb. It means to melt butter, fat or chocolate, or to dissolve sugar or a tablet in a liquid. The corresponding intransitive verb is dab, ydoub, which means "to melt": sskkar ma-bghach ydoub, "the sugar won't dissolve". The two are easily confused. Dowweb requires an object, whereas dab describes something that melts by itself. Both verbs are used in cooking, and also for snow or ice.
Example
نتحداك ت دوب داك سكر فلحليب رماكيدوبش
nt7edak t deweb dak skar fel7lib ramakydoubch
“I dare you to dissolve that sugar in the milk, it won't dissolve.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kandowweb | dowwebt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katdowweb | dowwebti | dowweb |
| nti (you, f.) | katdowwbi | dowwebti | dowwbi |
| howa (he) | kaydowweb | dowweb | |
| hiya (she) | katdowweb | dowwbat | |
| 7na (we) | kandowwbo | dowwbna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katdowwbo | dowwebto | dowwbo |
| homa (they) | kaydowwbo | dowwbo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dowweb” but also “dewweb”, “deweb”, “dewwb” and “douweb”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “dowweb” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “barely, as soon as”; “just, narrowly”: doub in Tunisian.