khayb خايب
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“khayb” (خايب) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning bad, poor.
Meanings
- bad, poor
- ugly
- not nice, shameful
Usage
Khayeb is the basic adjective for what is bad, in the broad sense: a meal, a film, the weather, behavior. It also means "ugly" for a person or an object. The feminine is khayba and the plural is khaybin. Hadchi khayeb can mean "it's rubbish" or, in a moral tone, "it's not right." It is often intensified with bzzaf. Said of a person, it can be hurtful depending on the context. Its usual opposite is mzyan.
Example
هادشي خايب بزاف
hadchi khayb bzaf
“That's really awful.”
Forms
| feminine | khayba |
|---|---|
| plural | khaybin |
| feminine plural | khaybat |
Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “khayb” but also “khayeb”, “5ayb”, “khayab” and “5ayeb”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “khayb” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “ugly”; “bad, shameful”: khayeb in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “ugly”; “bad, poor quality”: khayeb in Tunisian.