tibbi طبّي
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“tibbi” (طبّي) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning medical.
Meanings
- medical
Usage
Tibbi is a learned adjective, taken from Standard Arabic. In Morocco it is used mainly in administrative and medical phrases: chahada tibbiya (medical certificate), taqrir tibbi (medical report), fa7s tibbi (medical examination). The feminine is tibbiya. In everyday conversation, people often say dyal tbib or use the French "médical", for example certificat médical. Note: despite the resemblance, the adjective is not formed from tbib, and the derivative of tbib, tbibi, is not in common use.
Example
خاصني شهادة طبية للخدمة
khassni chahada tibbiya l lkhedma
“I need a medical certificate for work.”
Forms
| feminine | Tibbia |
|---|---|
| plural | Tibbyyin |
| feminine plural | Tibbyyat |
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 “tibbi” but also “tibi”, “tebbi” and “tibbiya”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.