jerreb جرّب
Moroccan Darija · verb
“jerreb” (جرّب) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to try, test.
Meanings
- to try, test
- to put to the test
Usage
A common verb meaning "to try" or "to test". It is used for a dish, a piece of clothing, a game, a method: jerreb had sebbat, "try these shoes". Imperfect: yjerreb; imperative: jerreb. With ghir, it is used to encourage: ghir jerreb!, "go on, try it!". It can also mean "to put someone to the test". The participle mjerreb means "tried and tested, proven": dwa mjerreb, "a proven remedy". In online writing, the doubled consonant is often simplified (jreb). This verb should not be confused with jrreb, "to get scabies".
Example
جرب شي لعبة أخرى
jreb chi le3ba khra
“Try another game.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanjrrb | jrrbt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katjrrb | jrrbti | jrrb |
| nti (you, f.) | katjrrbi | jrrbti | jrrbi |
| howa (he) | kayjrrb | jrrb | |
| hiya (she) | katjrrb | jrrbat | |
| 7na (we) | kanjrrbo | jrrbna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katjrrbo | jrrbto | jrrbo |
| homa (they) | kayjrrbo | jrrbo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jerreb” but also “jreb”, “jrreb”, “jarreb”, “jrrb” and “jerrab”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jerreb” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to try, attempt”; “to test, put to the test”: jerreb in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to try, to attempt”; “to taste, to test (product, dish)”: jarreb in Tunisian.