rkeb ركب
Moroccan Darija · verb
“rkeb” (ركب) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to get on, ride (vehicle, mount).
Meanings
- to get on, ride (vehicle, mount)
- to sit with someone (in a vehicle)
- to seize (fear, anger)
Usage
Rkeb (imperfect yrkeb) means to get on a vehicle or an animal: rkeb f tomobil, rkeb f ttobis, rkeb 3la l3awd. The preposition f is used for a vehicle, and 3la or fo9 for a mount or a bike. For "to take the bus", people often say rkeb f ttobis rather than "take". Figuratively, an emotion can "get on" someone: lkhof rkeb fih, "fear gripped him". Do not confuse it with rekkeb, with a doubled consonant, which means to install or assemble a device.
Example
ركب فوق العود
rkb fo9 l3awd
“He got on the horse.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanrkeb | rkebt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katrkeb | rkebti | rkeb |
| nti (you, f.) | katrkbi | rkebti | rkbi |
| howa (he) | kayrkeb | rkeb | |
| hiya (she) | katrkeb | rkbat | |
| 7na (we) | kanrkbo | rkbna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katrkbo | rkebto | rkbo |
| homa (they) | kayrkbo | rkbo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “rkeb” but also “rkab” and “rkb”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “rkeb” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to board, ride (vehicle, animal)”; “to be stubborn”: rkeb in Tunisian.