South Levantine Arabic

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Root
خ ي ب
1 term

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /txaj.jab/, [(ɪ)tˈxaj.jab]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Verb

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تخيّب (tḵayyab) V (present بتخيّب (bitḵayyab))

  1. to be disappointed
    تخيّب أمله بعد ما شاف الفيلم.
    tḵayyab ʔamalo baʕd mā šāf il-film
    He was disappointed after he saw the film.
    (literally, “His hope was disappointed after he saw the film.”)

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of تخيّب (tḵayyab)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m تخيّبت (tḵayyabt) تخيّبت (tḵayyabt) تخيّب (tḵayyab) تخيّبنا (tḵayyabna) تخيّبتو (tḵayyabtu) تخيّبو (tḵayyabu)
f تخيّبتي (tḵayyabti) تخيّبت (tḵayyabat)
present m بتخيّب (batḵayyab) بتتخيّب (btitḵayyab) بتخيّب (bitḵayyab) منتخيّب (mnitḵayyab) بتتخيّبو (btitḵayyabu) بتخيّبو (bitḵayyabu)
f بتتخيّبي (btitḵayyabi) بتتخيّب (btitḵayyab)
subjunctive m اتخيّب (atḵayyab) تتخيّب (titḵayyab) يتخيّب (yitḵayyab) نتخيّب (nitḵayyab) تتخيّبو (titḵayyabu) يتخيّبو (yitḵayyabu)
f تتخيّبي (titḵayyabi) تتخيّب (titḵayyab)
imperative m تخيّب (tḵayyab) تخيّبو (tḵayyabu)
f تخيّبي (tḵayyabi)