seb3in سبعين

Moroccan Darija · numeral

“seb3in” (سبعين) is a numeral in Moroccan Darija meaning seventy.

Meanings

1. seventy

Usage

Seb3in is the number seventy. It is used for counting, and for giving an age, a temperature or a price. The noun that follows is singular, as with all the tens: seb3in derham, seb3in 3am. For compound numbers, the unit comes first, joined by u: tlata u seb3in (seventy-three). In prices, the context often determines the implied unit (dirhams, ryals).

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “seb3in” but also “sb3in”, “sab3in” and “sba3in”. 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 “seb3in” on the Arabic keyboard

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “seventy”: sab3in in Tunisian.

How to say “seventy” in Moroccan and Tunisian