ghdeb غضب
Moroccan Darija · verb
“ghdeb” (غضب) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to get angry.
Meanings
- to get angry
- anger (noun: ghdab)
Usage
Ghdeb means "to get angry". It takes 3la for the person targeted: ghdeb 3liya, "he got angry with me". In the present tense, you say kayghdeb. The corresponding noun is ghdab, "anger". The register is neutral, a bit more formal than informal equivalents like tqelleq or tnerfez, which are common in speech. The word also has a religious or moral ring in certain phrases, linked in particular to divine or parental anger. The derived adjective is ghedban, "angry".
Example
غضب عليا حيت تعطلت
ghdeb 3liya 7it t3ettelt
“He got angry with me because I was late.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanghDb | ghdbt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katghDb | ghdbti | ghDb |
| nti (you, f.) | katghDbi | ghdbti | ghDbi |
| howa (he) | kayghDb | ghdb | |
| hiya (she) | katghDb | ghdbat | |
| 7na (we) | kanghDbo | ghdbna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katghDbo | ghdbto | ghDbo |
| homa (they) | kayghDbo | ghdbo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ghdeb” but also “ghdb”, “ghdab” and “ghadab”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “ghdeb” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to get angry, lose one's temper”; “anger (noun: ghadhab)”: ghdheb in Tunisian.