tqabel تقبل
Tunisian Derja · verb
“tqabel” (تقبل) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to be accepted, approved.
Meanings
- to be accepted, approved
- (of God) to accept, grant
- you accept (form of qbel)
Usage
Passive or reflexive form of qbel (to accept), pronounced yitqabbel in the present and tqabbel in the past. It is used for a request, a file or an application that has been accepted: "il-mataleb mte3i tqabbel". The religious formula rabbi yitqabbel ("may God accept") is very common after fasting, a prayer or a good deed, often in the form taqabbal Allah. Without vowels, the same spelling can also be read taqbel, "you accept". Only context can settle it. The register is common, with no particular connotation.
Example
450 / 500 والفايدة ربّي يتقبّل كلّ شي بالهدا والبركة
450 / 500 wilfeyda rabbi yitabbil koul chay billahda wilbaraka
“450 / 500 and the main thing: may God accept everything, in calm and blessing.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tqabel” but also “yit9abel”, “tqabbel”, “t9abel” and “yetqabel”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.