“Boiling” (adjective) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Boiling” (the adjective, in the singular form) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Ya8li

(f) Ta8li

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

 يغلي (m)

 تغلي (f)

In Tunisian Arabic, “Boiling” (the adjective, in the plural form) is written using the Latin script as:

Ya8liw

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

 يغليو

Listen to these three words pronounced (audio)


 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
I am going to pour some boiling water into the cup.

Ena bech nsob chwaya ma ya8li fel kes.

.أنا باش نصب شوية ما يغلي في الكاس

 
Don’t pour boiling water into the plastic cup!

Ma tsobbech ma ya8li fel kes plastique!

!ما تصبّش ما يغلي في الكاس البلاستيك

 
It’s boiling hot in here. Turn the air conditioner on.

S5ana ta8li houni. 5addem el climatiseur.

.سخانة تغلي هوني. خدّم الكليماتيزور

 
The soup is still boiling hot.

El chorba mazelet s5ouna ta8li.

.الشربة مازالت سخونة تغلي

 
It’s boiling outside!

El denya ta8li lbarra!

!الدنيا تغلي البرّا

 

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