جاب

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaː.ba/

جَابَ • (jāba) I (non-past يَجُوبُ (yajūbu), verbal noun جَوْب (jawb))

1. to traverse

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

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaː.bin/

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

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

From common dialectal Arabic جَابَ (jāba), from a univerbation of جَاءَ بِ (jāʔa bi-, literally “to come with”).

جاب • (jāb) I (non-past يجيب (yijīb))

1. to bring

• Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎^[1] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 66

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”), and Hijazi Arabic جاب (jāb, “to bring”).

جاب • (gāb) I (non-past يجيب (yigīb), active participle جايب (gāyib), passive participle متجاب (mitgāb))

1. to bring

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”).

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaːb/, [d͡ʒaːb], [ʒaːb]

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)

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ʒaːb/

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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.”)

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ʒaːb/, [ʒæːb], [ʒaːb], [d͡ʒæːb], [d͡ʒaːb]

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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)

• هات (hāt, “give!, bring!”)