larba3 الاربع
Moroccan Darija · noun
“larba3” (الاربع) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning Wednesday.
Meanings
- Wednesday
Usage
Larbe3 is the usual name for Wednesday in Morocco. It is almost always used with the article, often preceded by nhar ("day"): nhar larbe3, "Wednesday, on Wednesday". To speak of an upcoming Wednesday, add jay (larbe3 jay, "next Wednesday"); for a past Wednesday, li fat (larbe3 li fat). The expression 7tta larbe3 (often written 7tel) means "by Wednesday" or "not before Wednesday", depending on context. It should be distinguished from larb3a, which denotes the number four with the article, or the hour ("four o'clock"). Latin spellings vary a lot: larba3, larbe3, larb3.
Example
عندك المدرسة نهار الأربع؟
3andk lmdrassa nhar larb3?
“Do you have school on Wednesday?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “larba3” but also “larbe3”, “larb3”, “l'arba3” and “larbaa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.