hrab هرب
Tunisian Derja · verb
“hrab” (هرب) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning flee, run away.
Meanings
- flee, run away
- escape (from prison)
- skip, slip away (school, work)
Usage
Hrab (imperfective: yohrob) means to flee, run away or escape. It takes men or mel: "hrab mel 7abs" (he escaped from prison), "hrab mel dar" (he ran away from home). With a place of obligation, it means "to skip": "hrab mel 9raya" (he skipped class). It is also used for someone who dodges a discussion or a responsibility. The verbal noun is hroub. The imperative is ohrob. The register is everyday. It should be distinguished from "fallet", which means rather to slip away from something, to get off.
Example
القطوس هرب مل دار وما رجعش.
el 9attous hrab mel dar w ma rja3ch.
“The cat ran away from the house and didn't come back.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “hrab” but also “hreb”, “hrob”, “harab” and “hrb”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “hrab” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to flee, run away”; “to escape”: hreb in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to flee, run away”; “to escape”: hreb in Algerian.