دابا

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic إِذَا بِ (ʔiḏā bi).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daː.ba/

Adverb

دابا • (dāba)

  1. now; right now; at present
    Synonyms: دورك (dūrk), فالحين (f-el-ḥīn)
    آنا دابا ماشي للمدرسة. ― ʔāna dāba māši l-el-madrasa ― Right now, I am going to school.

References

  1. ^ Watson, Janet C. E. (2011) “Arabic Dialects (general article)”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 864
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