tabi3i طبيعي
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“tabi3i” (طبيعي) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning normal, ordinary.
Meanings
- normal, ordinary
- natural, additive-free
Usage
Tabi3i most often means "normal": kolchi tabi3i (everything is fine, nothing out of the ordinary), machi tabi3i (it's not normal, or he's strange). On its own, tabi3i is an answer meaning "that's normal" or "of course". It also means "natural" when describing a product with no additives: 3assel tabi3i (natural honey). The feminine is tabi3iya. Note: an English speaker would spontaneously translate it as "natural", but in conversation the meaning "normal" is the most frequent.
Example
كلشي كان طبيعي
kolshi kan tabi3i
“Everything was normal.”
Forms
| feminine | Tabi3ia |
|---|---|
| plural | Tabi3yin |
| feminine plural | Tabi3yat |
Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tabi3i” but also “taby3i” and “tabi3iya”. 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 “tabi3i” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “natural, without artifice”; “normal, logical”: tbi3i in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “natural, not artificial”; “normal, obvious”: tbi3i in Tunisian.