madhroub مضروب
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“madhroub” (مضروب) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning hit, beaten.
Meanings
- hit, beaten
- times (multiplication)
- counterfeit, adulterated
Usage
Madhroub is the passive participle of dhrab (to hit). It first describes a person or thing that has received a blow. In arithmetic, it is used to say "times": tlata madhroub fi arb'a (three times four). Applied to goods (cigarettes, alcohol, coins), it means they are fake or adulterated. In the construction madhroub aliha or madhroub fiha, it means smitten, crazy about her; this sense is colloquial. Context resolves the ambiguity. The feminine is madhrouba.
Example
جا للدار مضروب و وجهو منفوخ
ja lel dar madhroub w wejhou manfoukh
“He came home beaten, his face swollen.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “madhroub” but also “madroub” and “madhrob”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “madhroub” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “multiplied by (arithmetic)”; “hit, beaten”: mdroub in Moroccan.