teba3 تابع

Tunisian Derja · adjective

“teba3” (تابع) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning attached to, dependent on.

Meanings

1. attached to, dependent on
2. included (in a price)
3. following

Usage

Tebe3 (feminine tab3a, plural tab3in) indicates belonging or dependence: a service tab3a lel baladiya falls under the municipality, and ana tebe3 lel markez means "I belong to the center". In commerce it is used to say that something is included in the price: ech-chrob mouch tebe3, "the drink is not included". The word is most often followed by l- ("to"). Be careful not to confuse it with the verb tba3 ("to follow"), even though the two words share the same root.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “teba3” but also “tebe3”, “taba3” and “tabe3”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.

Type “teba3” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “next, following”; “following, pursuing someone”: tab3 in Moroccan.