ghdheb غضب
Tunisian Derja · verb
“ghdheb” (غضب) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to get angry, lose one's temper.
Meanings
- to get angry, lose one's temper
- anger (noun: ghadhab)
Usage
As a verb, ghdheb means "to get angry, to lose one's temper". The construction is ghdheb 3la + person: ghdheb 3liya, "he got angry with me". For a passing anger, derja also uses tnarfez or z3ef, which are more colloquial. Ghadhab is the noun "anger". It appears mostly in religious expressions such as ghadhab rabbi, "divine wrath", or in the formula n3oudh billeh men ghadhab allah. The corresponding adjective is ghadhbén, "angry". Note also that the verb is used for sulking, as with a child or a relative who stops talking.
Example
بابا غضب عليا خاطر رجعت متأخر
baba ghdheb 3liya 5ater rja3t mta5er
“Dad got angry with me because I came back late.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ghdheb” but also “ghadhab”, “ghdhab”, “8dheb” and “ghadheb”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.
Type “ghdheb” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to get angry”; “anger (noun: ghdab)”: ghdeb in Moroccan.