sebt سبت
Moroccan Darija · noun
“sebt” (سبت) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning Saturday.
Meanings
- Saturday
Usage
Sebt means Saturday. It is often preceded by nhar (day): nhar sebt, "Saturday, the day of Saturday". To place something in time, one says sebt jjay (next Saturday), sebt lli fat (last Saturday) and kol sebt (every Saturday). The usual pronunciation is sebt; sabt is more formal. The word also appears in many place names, named after their weekly souk. Note that no preposition is needed: one says nji sebt (I'll come on Saturday).
Example
أنا مشغول سبت
an machghol sabt
“I'm busy on Saturday.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sebt” but also “sabt”, “ssebt”, “sbt” and “ssbt”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “sebt” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “Saturday”: sebt in Tunisian.