rbe7 ربح
Moroccan Darija · verb
“rbe7” (ربح) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to win (match, prize, contest).
Meanings
- to win (match, prize, contest)
- to earn, to make a profit
- profit, gain (noun)
Usage
Rbe7 (imperfect yerba7) means "to win": a match, a prize, the lottery or an argument. To win against someone, say rbe7 3lih. It also means "to make a profit": rbe7t fiha, "I gained from it". The noun rba7 or rbe7 means profit: wach fih rba7?, "is it worthwhile?". Pitfall: it is not used for "earning a living" through a salary; say tsemmer or khdem 3la rasso instead. The opposite is khser, "to lose".
Example
هاد الفايلاسوف ربح جائزة نوبل
had l faylasouf rb7 ja2izat noble
“This philosopher won the Nobel Prize.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanrb7 | rb7t | |
| nta (you, m.) | katrb7 | rb7ti | rb7 |
| nti (you, f.) | katrb7i | rb7ti | rb7i |
| howa (he) | kayrb7 | rb7 | |
| hiya (she) | katrb7 | rb7at | |
| 7na (we) | kanrb7o | rb7na | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katrb7o | rb7to | rb7o |
| homa (they) | kayrb7o | rb7o |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “rbe7” but also “rb7”, “rba7”, “rbah” and “rbeh”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “rbe7” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to win (match, contest)”; “to make a profit”: rbe7 in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to earn (money, profit)”; “to win (a match, a bet)”: rbe7 in Tunisian.