jbed جبد
Moroccan Darija · verb
“jbed” (جبد) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning pull, take out, extract.
Meanings
- pull, take out, extract
- take, bring along
- track down, get hold of
Usage
Jbed is a very common verb. It first means "to pull, to take something out of somewhere": jbed lflous mn jibek, "take the money out of your pocket", or drawing water from a well. By extension, it also means "to take, to bring along", and "to manage to find": sir jbed chi haja, "go and find something". The imperfective is yejbed and the imperative is jbed. The passive tjbed is used notably for a tooth being pulled out. Jbed lhedra, "to pump someone for information", is a colloquial expression. It should not always be translated as "pull".
Example
جبد الما من البير
jbd lma mn lbir
“Pull the water from the well.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jbed” but also “jbd”, “jbad” and “jbid”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jbed” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to pull, pull toward oneself”; “to pull out, draw (weapon, object)”: jbed in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to pull, take out”; “to bring up (a topic)”: jbed in Tunisian.