rakeb راكب
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“rakeb” (راكب) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning riding, mounted on.
Meanings
- riding, mounted on
- on board, in a vehicle
- passenger
Usage
Rakeb is the participle of the verb rkeb ("to get on, to ride"). It describes someone who is mounted on an animal or on board a vehicle: rakeb fou9 7san ("riding a horse"), rakeb fel louage ("in the louage"). It agrees in gender and number: rakba in the feminine, rakbin in the plural. As a noun, it means a passenger. It expresses a present state: hou rakeb means "he is on board, he is travelling", not "he is getting on". For the action of getting on, use the verb rkeb or yerkeb.
Example
هو راكب في التاكسي توّا.
howa rakeb fel taxi tawa.
“He's in the taxi right now.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “rakeb” but also “rakib”, “rékeb”, “rakb” and “raakeb”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.