tbbe9 طبّق
Moroccan Darija · verb
“tbbe9” (طبّق) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to apply (a rule, a law).
Meanings
- to apply (a rule, a law)
- to put into practice
- to exert (pressure)
Usage
Tbbe9 means to apply a rule, a law, a method or a piece of advice. The present is kayṭbbe9. The word comes from Standard Arabic and belongs to a rather formal register: it is heard mostly in administration, at school or in the media. The corresponding noun is tatbi9, "application," which also means a phone app. Beware of the homograph tbe9 or taba9, a noun. Depending on context, it means a dish (taba9 nglizi, "an English dish"), a large tray or a floor of a building (taba9 lawal, "first floor").
Example
طبق هاد القاعدة
taba9 had l9a3ida
“Apply this rule.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanTbbe9 | Tbbe9t | |
| nta (you, m.) | katTbbe9 | Tbbe9ti | Tbbe9 |
| nti (you, f.) | katTbb9i | Tbbe9ti | Tbb9i |
| howa (he) | kayTbbe9 | Tbbe9 | |
| hiya (she) | katTbbe9 | Tbb9at | |
| 7na (we) | kanTbb9o | Tbb9na | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katTbb9o | Tbb9to | Tbb9o |
| homa (they) | kayTbb9o | Tbb9o |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tbbe9” but also “tbba9”, “taba9”, “tabe9” and “tebbe9”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.