# جاب
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒaː.ba/

#### Verb

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

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒaː.bin/

#### Noun

جَابٍ • (jābin) m (construct state جَابِي (jābī), plural جُبَاة (jubāh))
* taxman, collector
* (regional) ticket master, conductor

##### Declension
## Chadian Arabic
### Etymology

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

### Verb

جاب • (jāb) I (non-past يجيب (yijīb))
* to bring

### References

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

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

### Verb

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

#### Conjugation

$^1$ The future tense can be prefixed with either هـ (ha-) or حـ (ḥa-) depending on the speaker.

## 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: /d͡ʒaːb/, [d͡ʒaːb], [ʒaːb]

### Verb

جاب • (jāb) I (non-past يجيب (yijīb))
* to bring
    Synonym: هات (hāt)
    جيبوا لي الكتاب ― jībūli l-kitāb ― bring me the book
* 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: /ʒaːb/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

جاب • (jāb) I (non-past يجيب (yjīb))
* to bring
    جابوا معاهم الحلوة والموناضة.jābu mʕāhum el-ḥalwa w el-mūnāḍa.They brought dessert and soda with them.
* (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: /ʒaːb/, [ʒæːb], [ʒaːb], [d͡ʒæːb], [d͡ʒaːb]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

جاب • (jāb) I (present بجيب (bijīb), subjunctive يجيب (yjīb))
* to bring, to take, to get
    رح أروح أجيب شنطتي بسرعة.raḥ ʔarūḥ ʔajīb šanṭati bsurʕaI'm going to go get my bag really quick.
* to give birth
    Synonym: خلّف (ḵallaf)

#### See also

* هات (hāt, “give!, bring!”)