mtabe9 مطابق
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“mtabe9” (مطابق) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning matching, conforming.
Meanings
- matching, conforming
- identical
Usage
mTabe9 comes from Standard Arabic. It is used mainly in administrative, technical or commercial contexts: a copy matching the original, a part that corresponds to the model, a signature that agrees. The typical construction uses l- or m3a: mTabe9 l-l-aSl, mTabe9 m3a l-ma3lumat. Feminine mTab9a. In everyday conversation, people more readily say b7al b7al or kif kif for "identical", and mTabe9 keeps a formal tone. You will mostly come across it at the mouqataa, at the bank or on official documents.
Example
خاصك نسخة مطابقة للأصل ديال البطاقة.
khaSSek nos5a mTab9a l-l-aSl dyal l-biTaqa.
“You need a copy matching the original of the ID card.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mtabe9” but also “mtab9”, “mtabi9” and “motabi9”. 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.