“Root”, “Roots” (nouns) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Root” (the noun, in the context of plants) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) 3er9

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

عرق (m)

In Tunisian Arabic, “Roots” (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

3rou9

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

عروق

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“How deep are the roots?”

9adech 3om9hom el 3rou9?

قداش عمقهم العروق؟

 
“Look! Some of that tree’s roots are above the earth.”

Chouf! Fama 3rou9 mta3 el chajra hedhika fou9 l ardh.

.شوف! فمّا برشا عروق متاع الشجرة هذيكا فوق الأرض

 
“Those are roots.”

Hedhouma 3rou9.

.هاذوما عروق

 
“That root is associated to that tree.”

El 3er9 hedha teba3 el chajra hedhika.

.العرق هذا تابع الشجرة هذيكا

 
“Where did you find this root?”

Win l9itou el 3er9 hedha?

وين لقيتو العرق هذا؟

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

“Leaf”, “Leaves” (nouns) in Tunisian Arabic

“Tree”, “Trees” in Tunisian Arabic

“Trunk”, “Trunks” (trees) in Tunisian Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Root”, “Roots” (nouns) in Lebanese Arabic

“Root”, “Roots” (nouns) in Turkish