العقد زبط مع المالك والمستأجر، وحطوا توقيعهم عليه.

In Levantine, زبط is a very common colloquial verb with a broad meaning: to work out, be in order, get fixed, get arranged, turn out right.

In this sentence, العقد زبط does not mean the contract literally got repaired. It means something more like:

• the contract got sorted out
• the contract was finalized
• the contract worked out
• the contract was successfully arranged

A useful thing to remember is that زبط is often used in everyday speech for situations that end up okay or get properly organized.

For example:

• الموعد زبط = The appointment worked out
• ما زبط معي = It didn’t work out for me

Here, مع gives the sense of with or between the parties involved.

So زبط مع المالك والمستأجر means something like:

• it worked out with the landlord and the tenant
• it was settled with the landlord and the tenant

This is a very natural Levantine pattern. With زبط, مع often marks the person or side that something worked out with.

Compare:

• زبط معي = It worked out with me / for me
• ما زبط معه = It didn’t work out with him

So in your sentence, the contract was successfully arranged involving both parties.

Because its subject is العقد (the contract), which is singular and masculine.

So:

• العقد = singular masculine noun
• زبط = singular masculine past verb

The phrase مع المالك والمستأجر is not the grammatical subject of زبط. It is just giving extra information about with whom the contract was settled.

So the structure is basically:

• العقد = the contract
• زبط = worked out / got sorted
• مع المالك والمستأجر = with the landlord and the tenant

This is a very important dialect point.

In Levantine Arabic, the dual is much more limited than in Standard Arabic. For verbs and pronouns, speakers usually use the plural when referring to two people.

So although المالك والمستأجر are two people, Levantine naturally says:

• حطّوا = they put
• توقيعهم = their signature/signatures

In Standard Arabic, you would expect a dual verb, something like وقّعا for the two of them signed. But in Levantine, حطّوا is normal.

So this is not a mistake. It is standard colloquial usage.

Literally, it means:

• they put their signature on it

But in natural English, this simply means:

• they signed it

This is a common colloquial way to talk about signing documents. The verb حطّ literally means to put or to place, so the phrase is very transparent once you know the words.

You can think of it as similar to English expressions like:

• put your name on it
• put your signature on it

Because توقيع can be used as a kind of collective or generic noun here.

So حطّوا توقيعهم عليه means:

• they put their signature on it
• or more naturally, they signed it

Even though two people are involved, Arabic does not always need a plural noun like signatures. The singular توقيع can represent the act or item in a general sense.

That said, توقيعاتهم is also possible in some contexts if you want to emphasize multiple individual signatures. But توقيعهم sounds very natural here.

عليه means on it, and it refers back to العقد (the contract).

Breakdown:

• على = on
• ـه = it / him (masculine singular attached pronoun)

Since العقد is masculine singular, ـه is the correct pronoun.

So:

• عليه = on it
• حطوا توقيعهم عليه = they put their signature on it

This kind of attached pronoun is extremely common in Arabic.

Yes, absolutely.

وقّعوا عليه means they signed it, and it is more direct.

So these are both possible:

• حطّوا توقيعهم عليه
• وقّعوا عليه

The difference is mostly one of style:

• وقّعوا عليه = shorter, more direct
• حطّوا توقيعهم عليه = a little more descriptive and conversational

Both are understandable and natural, though وقّعوا عليه may feel slightly simpler.

It is basically a mix, which is very common in real life.

The clearly colloquial parts are:

• زبط
• حطّوا

The more formal or standard-looking words are:

• العقد
• المالك
• المستأجر
• توقيع

This kind of blending is normal, especially when talking about legal, business, or official topics. Speakers often use colloquial grammar and verbs together with more formal vocabulary.

So this sentence sounds very believable as real spoken Levantine about a formal matter.

A more Standard Arabic version could be something like:

• تمّ الاتفاق على العقد بين المالك والمستأجر، ووقّعا عليه.

Or:

• اكتمل العقد بين المالك والمستأجر، ووقّعا عليه.

Compared with your original sentence:

• the original sounds spoken and Levantine
• the Standard version sounds more formal, written, or official

One useful contrast is:

• Levantine: زبط
• Standard Arabic: تمّ / اكتمل / اتُّفِقَ على

A simple pronunciation guide would be:

il-ʿaqd zabaṭ maʿ il-mālek wil-mistaʔjir, w ḥaṭṭū tawqīʿ-hon ʿalēh

A few notes:

• العقد is often pronounced something like il-ʿaqd
• زبط has an emphatic ṭ at the end: zabaṭ
• وحطّوا has a doubled ṭ sound: ḥaṭṭū
• توقيعهم in Levantine is often pronounced tawqīʿ-hon
• عليه is often ʿalēh

The exact pronunciation can vary a bit by country and city, but this is a good general Levantine reading.