sbe7 صباح
Tunisian Derja · noun
“sbe7” (صباح) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning morning.
Meanings
- morning
- in the morning, this morning (essbe7)
Usage
Sbe7 means morning. With the article, essbe7 is used as an adverb: "in the morning" or "this morning", depending on context. For example, essbe7 bekri, "early in the morning", and ftour essbe7, "breakfast". The word is part of morning greetings: sbe7 el khir, answered by sbe7 ennour. The phrase sbe7 el foll, "jasmine morning", is more affectionate. For "tomorrow morning", say ghodwa essbe7. Note the pronunciation: the final vowel is often pronounced "è" in Tunisia, hence the spellings sbe7 or sbeh.
Example
نمشي للخدمة الصباح بكري
nemchi lel khedma essbe7 bekri
“I go to work early in the morning.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sbe7” but also “sbeh”, “sba7”, “saba7”, “sbah” and “sbe7777”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “sbe7” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “morning”; “tomorrow morning”: sba7 in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “morning”; “dawn prayer”: sbah in Algerian.