rkeb ركب

Tunisian Derja · verb

“rkeb” (ركب) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to board, ride (vehicle, animal).

Meanings

1. to board, ride (vehicle, animal)
2. to be stubborn
3. to exploit a situation

Usage

Rkeb (present yerkeb) means to get on a means of transport or an animal: rkeb fil louage, rkeb fil car, rkeb 3al 7mar. It takes fi for an enclosed vehicle and 3la for an animal or a bicycle. Rkeb rasou means "to do just as one pleases". Rkeb el mouja, a frequent expression in political discourse, means to opportunistically take over a movement. Note: without context, some phrasings can have a risqué meaning. Do not confuse it with rakkeb, "to install, to fit a device".

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “rkeb” but also “rkib”, “rkab”, “rakib” and “rkebt”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “rkeb” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to get on, ride (vehicle, mount)”; “to sit with someone (in a vehicle)”: rkeb in Moroccan.