جاب

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaː.ba/

Verb

جَابَ • (jāba) I, non-past يَجُوبُ‎ (yajūbu)

1. to traverse

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of جَبَى (jabā, “to levy (tax)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaː.bin/

Noun

جَابٍ • (jābin) m (construct state جَابِي (jābī), plural جُبَاة (jubāh))

1. taxman, collector
2. (regional) ticket master, conductor

Declension

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From common dialectal Arabic جَابَ (jāba), from a univerbation of جَاءَ بِ (jāʔa bi-, literally “to come with”), equivalent to Egyptian Arabic جا (ga) +‎ ب (bi-). Cognate with Moroccan Arabic جاب (jāb, “to bring”), Maltese ġab (“to bring”), Egyptian Arabic جاب (gāb, “to bring”) and Hijazi Arabic جاب (jāb, “to bring”).

Verb

جاب • (gāb) I (non-past يجيب (yigīb))

1. to bring (“to transport toward somebody/somewhere”)

Derived terms

• يجيب (yigīb) (imperfective 3rd person singular masculine)
• هات (hāt),تعالى (taʕāla) (irregular imperative masculine singular)
• هاتي (hāti) (irregular imperative feminine singular)
• هاتوا (hātu) (irregular imperative plural)

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From common dialectal Arabic جَابَ (jāba), from a univerbation of جَاءَ بِ (jāʔa bi-, literally “to come with”), equivalent to Hijazi Arabic جَا (jā) +‎ ب (bi-). Cognate with Egyptian Arabic جاب (gāb, “to bring”), Moroccan Arabic جاب (jāb, “to bring”) and Maltese ġab (“to bring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaːb/, ,

Verb

جاب • (jāb) I (non-past يجيب (yijīb))

1. to bring

   Synonym: هات (hāt)

   جيبوا لي الكتاب

   jībūli l-kitāb

   bring me the book

2. to give birth

   Synonym: خلّف (ḵallaf)

Conjugation

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From common dialectal Arabic جَابَ (jāba), from a univerbation of جَاءَ بِ (jāʔa bi-, literally “to come with”), equivalent to Moroccan Arabic جا (ja) +‎ ب (b-). Cognate with Maltese ġab (“to bring”), Egyptian Arabic جاب (gāb, “to bring”) and Hijazi Arabic جاب (jāb, “to bring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒaːb/

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Verb

جاب • (jāb) I (non-past يجيب (yjīb))

1. to bring

   جابوا معاهم الحلوة والموناضة.

   jābu mʕāhum el-ḥalwa w el-mūnāḍa.

   They brought dessert and soda with them.

2. (construed with ل (l-, “to”) and always followed by الله (el-lāh, “God”) as the subject) to make one think

   جاب لي الله كنتي هنا.

   jāb li l-lāh kunti hna.

   I thought you were here.

   (literally, “God made me think that you were here.”)

   ديك الساعة جاب له الله باللي ربح طرح الكارطة.

   dīk es-sāʕa jāb lu l-lāh belli rbaḥ ṭarḥ el-kārṭa.

   At that moment, he thought he won the card game.

   (literally, “At that moment, God made him think that he won the card game.”)

Conjugation

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From common dialectal Arabic جَابَ (jāba), from a univerbation of جَاءَ بِ (jāʔa bi-, literally “to come with”), equivalent to South Levantine Arabic جا (ja) +‎ ب (b-). Cognate with Moroccan Arabic جاب (jāb, “to bring”), Maltese ġab (“to bring”), Egyptian Arabic جاب (gāb, “to bring”) and Hijazi Arabic جاب (jāb, “to bring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒaːb/, , , ,

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Verb

جاب • (jāb) I (present بجيب (bijīb), subjunctive يجيب (yjīb))

1. to bring, to take, to get

   رح أروح أجيب شنطتي بسرعة.

   raḥ ʔarūḥ ʔajīb šanṭati bsurʕa

   I'm going to go get my bag really quick.

2. to give birth

   Synonym: خلّف (ḵallaf)

Conjugation

See also

• هات (hāt, “give!, bring!”)