hbet هبط
Moroccan Darija · verb
“hbet” (هبط) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to go down, descend.
Meanings
- to go down, descend
- to land (plane)
- to drop (prices, level)
Usage
Hbet is the usual verb for "to go down". It is used for stairs or a slope (hbet l-te7t, "go down"), for a vehicle (hbet men t-tomobil) or for heading toward the town centre. It also applies to a plane landing and to prices dropping: l-asaar hbtou. The imperfect is yhbet and the imperative is hbet. The causative form hebbet means "to bring down" or "to take something down": hebbet s-sak, "bring the bag down". The opposite is tla3, "to go up".
Example
هبط من الطوموبيل، وصلنا
hbet men tomobil, wsselna
“Get out of the car, we've arrived.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kan8beT | 8beTt | |
| nta (you, m.) | kat8beT | 8beTti | 8beT |
| nti (you, f.) | kat8bTi | 8beTti | 8bTi |
| howa (he) | kay8beT | 8beT | |
| hiya (she) | kat8beT | 8bTat | |
| 7na (we) | kan8bTo | 8bTna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | kat8bTo | 8bTto | 8bTo |
| homa (they) | kay8bTo | 8bTo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “hbet” but also “hbat”, “8bet”, “hbt” and “hbe6”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 6 is emphatic ta (ط); 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.
Type “hbet” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to go down, descend”; “to land”: hbet in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to go down, descend”; “to land; to return home”: habat in Tunisian.