zarreb زرب

Tunisian Derja · verb

“zarreb” (زرب) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to hurry up, to rush.

Meanings

1. to hurry up, to rush
2. to rush, to do quickly (a task)

Usage

Zarreb is a very common verb in speech, especially in the imperative: zarreb!, "hurry up!", zarrbou in the plural. It is often reinforced by chwaya or by rou7ek, giving zarreb rou7ek. It conjugates normally: yzarreb, nzarreb. The noun zarba means "haste", and fi zarba means "in a hurry, hastily". The opposite is expressed by chwaya chwaya or by the verb tmahhel. The register is neutral and familiar, usable with anyone. Don't confuse it with zriba, "enclosure".

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “zarreb” but also “zareb”, “zarrab”, “zarb” and “zarrib”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “zarreb” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to hurry, rush”; “to rush someone (zreb 3la)”: zreb in Moroccan.

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to hurry, rush”; “to do something quickly”: zreb in Algerian.