hbil هبيل
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“hbil” (هبيل) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning crazy, mad.
Meanings
- crazy, mad
- reckless
- crazy about, passionate
Usage
Hbil means "crazy". It is very frequent in informal language, often with a teasing or affectionate nuance: wach nta hbil?, "are you crazy?". It can be offensive if aimed seriously at someone, but remains a mild insult. Followed by 3la, it means "passionate about": hbil 3la l-koura, "crazy about football". The feminine is hbila and the plural is hbal. The verb hbel means "to go crazy", and hebbel, "to drive crazy": hebbeltini, "you're driving me crazy".
Example
واش نتا هبيل؟ سوق بشوية
wach nta hbil? sou9 bchwiya
“Are you crazy? Drive slowly.”
Forms
| feminine | 8bila |
|---|---|
| plural | m8bolin |
| feminine plural | m8bolat |
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 “hbil” but also “8bil”, “hbiil”, “hbel” and “hbila”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.