sabbat صباط
Tunisian Derja · noun
“sabbat” (صباط) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning shoe.
Meanings
- shoe
- pair of shoes
Usage
Sabbat is the most common word for a closed shoe: a dress shoe, sports shoe or leather shoe. The plural is sbabet. A sandal or flip-flop is more usually called chlek. The singular can also refer to the pair: chrit sabbat, "I bought shoes". It appears in figurative or contemptuous expressions: comparing someone to a sabbat is insulting. The word is colloquial but neutral, usable in all ordinary situations.
Example
شريت صبّاط جديد للعيد.
chrit sabbat jdid lel 3id.
“I bought new shoes for Eid.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sabbat” but also “sabat”, “sbabet”, “sabbet”, “sebbat” and “sbat”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find صباط and سباط, all the same word.
Type “sabbat” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “shoe, pair of shoes”: sebbat in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “shoe”; “pair of shoes”: sbat in Algerian.