m5abiethom مخبيتهم
Tunisian Derja · verb
“m5abiethom” (مخبيتهم) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning having hidden them (feminine subject).
Meanings
- having hidden them (feminine subject)
Usage
M5abbiethom is an inflected form of khabba (to hide). It is built on the participle mkhabbia, in the feminine, followed by the pronoun -hom (them). The meaning is "I have hidden them" or "she has hidden them", with a feminine subject, and the idea that the objects are still hidden. In the masculine, one says m5abbihom. This construction is very common in spoken language, often with a location complement: m5abbiethom m3a dbechi. For an English speaker, note that the participle here serves as a past tense with a resultative value.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “m5abiethom” but also “m5abbithom”, “mkhabbithom” and “m5abiyethom”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.