جيبة

Egyptian Arabic

Alternative forms
  • جيب‎ (žīb)
  • چيب‎ (žīb)
  • جيبه‎ (žība)
  • چيبة‎ (žība)
  • چيبه‎ (žība)

Etymology

From French jupe (“skirt”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʒiːba]

Noun

جيبة • (žība) f , pl جيبات‎ (žibāt)

  1. skirt
    هو إيه الموضة اللي طالعة الايام دي أي حتة قماشة يحطولها أستك ويبقى اسمها جيبة حتى لو قماش ملاية سرير؟‎
    húwwa ʾēh ʾil-mōḍa ʾílli ṭálʿa ʾil-ʾáyyām di ʾayy ḥittit ʾúmāš yíḥuṭṭu-lha ʾástik wi-yíbʾa ʾism-aha žība ḥátta law ʾúmāš mílāyit sírīr?
    What's with the fashion that's coming out these days, they put a rubberband on any piece of fabric and it is now called a skirt even if it's a bedsheet fabric?

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • منى جيب‎ (míni žīb)
  • ميكرو جيب‎ (míkru žīb)

References
  • Spiro, Socrates (1895). An Arabic-English vocabulary of the colloquial Arabic of Egypt, containing the vernacular idioms and expressions, slang phrases, etc., etc., used by the native Egyptians Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office.
  • Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986). A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic Beirut: Librairie du Liban.
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