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Root Verb

تخبى

tkhabba

to hide

خ ب ي

Gulf speakers say tkhabba for "hide (yourself)"; it ends in a vowel, so the past adds -eit.

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Past Affirmative

أنا

I — "I hid"

"to hide" in the other dialects

Moroccan Darija

تخبى

tkhebba

Egyptian Arabic

استخبى

istakhabba

Modern Standard Arabic

اخْتَبَأَ

ikhtaba2a

Iraqi Arabic

ختل

khatal

Levantine Arabic

تخبى

tkhabba

Saudi Arabic

اتخبى

itkhabba