isaba إصابة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“isaba” (إصابة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning injury (sport, accident).
Meanings
- injury (sport, accident)
- infection, case (of illness)
Usage
Isaba is a feminine noun borrowed from Standard Arabic. It is heard mostly in sports commentary, where it refers to a player's injury (tsab b isaba, "he got injured"), and in the news, where it refers to a case of illness: isaba b corona, "a covid case". Its plural is isabat. The register is that of the media and fairly formal. In everyday conversation, people say jer7 for a wound instead, or use the verb tjre7, "to get hurt".
Example
اللاعب ماغاديش يلعب بسبب الإصابة
lla3ib ma ghadich yl3eb bsbab l2iSaba
“The player will not play because of the injury.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “isaba” but also “issaba”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.