bi3t بعت
Tunisian Derja · verb
“bi3t” (بعت) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning I sold, you sold.
Meanings
- I sold, you sold
- to send (spelling of ba3eth)
Usage
Written this way, the word most often corresponds to bi3t, the past tense of bé3 (to sell). The same form means both "I sold" and "you sold"; only context can decide. Example: "bi3t ed-dar", I sold the house. Figuratively, one says "bé3 ed-din" or "bé3 bladou" for someone who betrayed their principles or their country. In online writing, بعت also transcribes ba3eth (to send): "ma yeb3atch", he doesn't send. You have to rely on context to tell the two meanings apart.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bi3t” but also “ba3t”, “be3t” and “bi3et”. 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 “bi3t” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “I sold, you sold”: be3t in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “I sold / you (m.) sold”; “he sent (read b3at)”: bi3t in Algerian.