jbed جبد
Tunisian Derja · verb
“jbed” (جبد) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to pull, take out.
Meanings
- to pull, take out
- to bring up (a topic)
- to draw water
Usage
Jbed is a very common verb meaning "to pull" in the physical sense: you pull a door or a rope, or take an object out of a bag ("jbed el flous mel jib", he took the money out of his pocket). Figuratively, it means "to bring something up again": "jbed 3lih el 7kéya" (he brought the story up against him again). The present tense is conjugated yejbed / tejbed. The form "jbed ro7ou" means "to withdraw, to back out". Not to be confused with "jeb" (to bring): jbed implies a movement of pulling or extracting.
Example
جبد الباب وراه و خرج.
jbed el beb warah w khraj.
“He pulled the door shut behind him and went out.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jbed” but also “jbad” and “jbid”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jbed” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “pull, take out, extract”; “take, bring along”: jbed in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to pull, pull toward oneself”; “to pull out, draw (weapon, object)”: jbed in Algerian.