بطبط
Moroccan Arabic edit
Etymology edit
| Root |
|---|
| ب ط ب ط |
| 1 term |
From Arabic بَطْبَطَ (baṭbaṭa).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
بطبط • (baṭbaṭ) Iq (non-past يبطبط (ybaṭbaṭ))
- to quack
- (slang) to talk
- كيبطبط بحال شي بطة ولكن ما كنفهموهش
- kaybaṭbaṭ bḥāl ši baṭṭa walakin ma kanfahmūhši
- He talks but we don't understand what he means
- (literally, “He quacks like a duck but we don't understand.”)
Conjugation edit
| Conjugation of بطبط | ||||||||
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| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| past | m | بطبطت (baṭbaṭt) | بطبطتي (baṭbaṭti) | بطبط (baṭbaṭ) | بطبطنا (baṭbaṭna) | بطبطتوا (baṭbaṭtu) | بطبطوا (baṭbṭu) | |
| f | بطبطت (baṭbṭāt) | |||||||
| non-past | m | نبطبط (nbaṭbaṭ) | تبطبط (tbaṭbaṭ) | يبطبط (ybaṭbaṭ) | نبطبطوا (nbaṭbṭu) | تبطبطوا (tbaṭbṭu) | يبطبطوا (ybaṭbṭu) | |
| f | تبطبطي (tbaṭbaṭi) | تبطبط (tbaṭbaṭ) | ||||||
| imperative | m | بطبط (baṭbaṭ) | بطبطوا (baṭbṭu) | |||||
| f | بطبطي (baṭbṭi) | |||||||