“Dries” (subject drying object) (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Dries” (the verb, as in a subject or object drying an object, in the third-person participle) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Ychaya7

(f) Tchaya7

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يشيح (m)

 تشيح (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 

“She always dries the dishes after she washes them.”

Dima tchaya7 el me3oun ba3d la tagheslou.

.ديما تشيح الماعون بعد لا تغسلو

 

“My wife always dries our clothes outside.”

Ommi dima tchaya7 dbachna lbarra.

.أمّي ديما تشيح دبشنا البرّا

 

“He always dries his dog off with a towel after its bath.”

(male dog) Dima ychaya7 kalbou b manchfa ba3d e douch.

(female dog) Dima ychaya7 kalbtou b manchfa ba3d e douch.

.ديما يشيح كلبو بمنشفة بعد الدوش (male dog)

.ديما يشيح كلبتو بمنشفة بعد الدوش (female dog)

“She always dries her hands with a towel.”

Dima tchaya7 ydiha b manchfa.

.ديما تشيح يديها بمنشفة

“My dog always dries himself off by jumping around on the furniture.”

(male dog) Kalbi dima ychaya7 rou7ou w houwa ynagaz fou9 l’atheth.

(female dog) Kalbti dima tchaya7 rou7ha w hiya tnagaz fou9 l’atheth.

.كلبي ديما يشيح روحو وهو ينقز فوق الأثاث (male dog)

.كلبتي ديما تشيح روحها وهي تنقز فوق الأثاث (female dog)

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Dries” (third-person) in Lebanese Arabic

“Dries” (third-person) in Greek