mkhebbi مخبّي
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“mkhebbi” (مخبّي) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning hidden, concealed.
Meanings
- hidden, concealed
- hiding
- hiding something
Usage
Participle of the verb khebba, "to hide". It describes a concealed object, but also a person who is hiding. With a complement it takes an active sense: mkhebbi 3lik means "he is hiding something from you" or "he is hiding from you". It agrees in the feminine (mkhebbya) and the plural (mkhebbyin). Note that it can therefore mean "hidden" as well as "hiding something". Only context and construction tell the two senses apart.
Example
مخبي تحت سداري
mkhebi te7t sdari
“It's hidden under the bed.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mkhebbi” but also “mkhbbi”, “mkhabbi”, “mkhbi” and “m5ebbi”. 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 “mkhebbi” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “hidden, concealed”; “hiding”: mkhabbi in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “hidden”; “hiding, concealing”: m5abbi in Tunisian.