tbe3 طبع

Moroccan Darija · verb

“tbe3” (طبع) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to print (a document).

Meanings

1. to print (a document)
2. to stamp

Usage

The verb tbe3 means to print a document. It is also used for putting a stamp on something: tbe3 lwer9a, "to stamp the paper". The present is kaytbe3. The verbal noun is tba3a, "printing". Note that the same Arabic spelling is also used for the noun tab3, "character, temperament": tab3o khayb, "he has a bad temper". Do not confuse it either with tebbe3, "to follow", or with tabe3, "following". They look very similar in writing, but they are different words.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tbe3” but also “tba3”, “tbaa” and “tbe3t”. 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 “tbe3” on the Arabic keyboard

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to print”; “to stamp, to mark”: tba3 in Tunisian.