cheb شاب
Tunisian Derja · noun
“cheb” (شاب) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning young man.
Meanings
- young man
- young (adjective)
Usage
Chèbb refers to a young man, generally between adolescence and the thirties. The feminine is chèbba and the plural is chbèb. In the plural, ech-chbèb often means "young people" in general. As an adjective, it is used to say that a person is young: mazèl chèbb, "he is still young". The word remains neutral. To address someone in a familiar way, one rather says "ya chèbb" or other terms such as "khouya". As a title before a singer's name, Cheb is mainly a label of Algerian raï.
Example
هو شاب مزيان وخدّام
houwa cheb mezyen w khaddem
“He's a good, hard-working young man.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “cheb” but also “chab”, “chèb”, “chebb” and “chabb”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “cheb” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “young man”; “young (adjective)”: chabb in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “young man”; “young (adjective)”: chab in Algerian.