mtabe3 متابع

Moroccan Darija · adjective

“mtabe3” (متابع) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning following (treatment, course).

Meanings

1. following (treatment, course)
2. prosecuted
3. successive, in a row

Usage

Mtabe3 is the participle of tabe3, "to follow". In its most common sense it takes a complement: mtabe3 dwa, "undergoing a treatment", mtabe3 m3a tbib, "followed by a doctor", mtabe3 serie, "following a series". In the language of the media and the courts, mtabe3 means "prosecuted": mtabe3 f 7altat sarah, "prosecuted while at liberty". More rarely, it describes things that follow one another, with the meaning "successive". The feminine is mtab3a; the plural is mtab3in.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mtabe3” but also “mtab3”, “mtabi3”, “mtaba3” and “mtabe3a”. 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.

Type “mtabe3” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “follower, subscriber (social media)”; “following (a matter, a show)”: mtabe3 in Algerian.