chreb شرب

Tunisian Derja · verb

“chreb” (شرب) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to drink.

Meanings

1. to drink
2. to smoke (a cigarette)

Usage

Chreb means "he drank". The other forms are chrebt (I drank) and chorbet (she drank). The imperfect is yochrob and the imperative ochrob. The object follows the verb directly: chreb kès mè. As in other Arabic dialects, it is also used for smoking: yochrob doukhan, "he smokes". Used on its own, it can imply alcohol: howa yochrob, "he drinks". Context shows whether alcohol is meant. The derived noun chorb means the act of drinking. Be careful not to confuse it with chorba, soup.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chreb” but also “shreb”, “chrab” and “chrib”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “chreb” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to drink”; “to take (medicine)”: chreb in Moroccan.

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to drink (a liquid)”; “to smoke (a cigarette)”: chreb in Algerian.