jab جاب
Moroccan Darija · verb
“jab” (جاب) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to bring, fetch.
Meanings
- to bring, fetch
- to get (a grade, a diploma)
- to cause, bring about
Usage
Jab is one of the most frequent verbs: it means "to bring" or "to bring back". It is conjugated in the past as jebt, jbti, jab, jabet, jabu; in the present as kanjib, kayjib; in the imperative as jib. The recipient is introduced by l-: "jab lia" (he brought me). The verb is also used for a result obtained: "jab l-bac", "jab nqta mzyana" (he got a good grade). It can finally mean "to cause": "jab lih l-mchakil" (he brought trouble on him). The expression "jab llah" means "by luck, as it happens".
Example
جاب ليا وردة
jab liya werda
“He brought me a rose.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanjib | jbt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katjib | jbti | jib |
| nti (you, f.) | katjibi | jbti | jibi |
| howa (he) | kayjib | jab | |
| hiya (she) | katjib | jabt | |
| 7na (we) | kanjibo | jbna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katjibo | jbto | jibo |
| homa (they) | kayjibo | jabo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jab” but also “jeb”, “jaab”, “djab” and “jabb”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jab” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to bring, bring back”; “to fetch, get”: jab in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to bring, to bring back”; “to get (a grade, a result)”: jeb in Tunisian.