kayttbbe9 كايتطبّق
Moroccan Darija · verb
“kayttbbe9” (كايتطبّق) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning it applies, it is applied.
Meanings
- it applies, it is applied
Usage
Kayttebbeq is the passive present of tebbeq, "to apply". It is used mainly of a law, rule, decision or method. The gloss "applicable" is approximate: the word means rather "it is applied" or "it applies". It is often used in the negative: "l-9anoun ma kayttebbeqch" means "the law is not enforced". The register is standard, with an administrative or journalistic flavour. The feminine is kattebbeq, for example with qa3ida, "rule".
Example
هاد القانون ما كايتطبّقش على الكل
had l9anoun ma kaytTebb9ch 3la koulchi
“This law does not apply to everybody.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kayttbbe9” but also “kayttebbe9”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.