"Dove", "Doves" in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, "Dove" (the noun, as in the bird) is written using the Latin script as:

(f) 7mema

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

حمامة (f)

In Tunisian Arabic, "Doves" (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

7mem

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

الحمام

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“There is a dove on the rooftop over there.”

Fama 7mema fi sta7 houni.

.فما حمامة في السطح هوني

 
“Let’s feed the doves.”

Haya nwaklou l7mem.

.هيا نوكلو الحمام

 
“What a beautiful dove.”

Malla 7mema ma7leha.

.ملا حمامة محلاها

 
“The cat is chasing a dove.”

(m) L9atous y7asser fel 7mema.

(f) L9atousa t7asser fel 7mema.

.القطوس يحصر فالحمامة (m)

.القطوسة تحصر فالحمامة (f)

 
“There are no doves in the area.”

Mafamech 7mem fel mant9a hedhi.

.مفماش حمام فالمنطقة هاذي

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

“Pigeon”, “Pigeons” in Tunisian Arabic