tebb طب
Tunisian Derja · noun
“tebb” (طب) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning medicine (discipline, studies).
Meanings
- medicine (discipline, studies)
Usage
Tebb means medicine as a discipline and as a field of study. People say ye9ra tebb or ye9ra fi ettebb, "he studies medicine". Its derivatives are tbib, "doctor", feminine tbiba, and the plural atebba, of a more formal register. For the studies, many Tunisians also use French: ye9ra médecine. The same Arabic spelling corresponds to other words. Tabb, "to fall, to show up suddenly", is used in tabb 3lina, "he dropped in on us". The Egyptian interjection ṭab, "well, okay", is not Tunisian.
Example
أختي تقرا في الطب
okhti ta9ra fi ettebb
“My sister is studying medicine.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tebb” but also “tib”, “teb”, “tibb” and “ettebb”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tebb” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “medicine (science, studies)”; “medical care, treatment”: tebb in Algerian.