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

In Tunisian Arabic, “Dries” (the verb, as in a subject 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)

(Editor’s note: In Tunisian Arabic, a subject drying an object is a different verb series than an object drying itself or by itself.)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“This rack dries clothes well.”

El séchoir hedha ychya7 edbach bel behi.

.السيشوار هذا يشيح الدبش بالباهي

 
“This cloth dries plates well.”

El 9mech hedha ychaya7 las7an bel behi.

.القماش هذا يشيح الصحان بالباهي

 
“This machine dries clothes well.”

El machine hedhi tchaya7 edbach bel behi.

.المشين هذه تشيح الدبش بالباهي

 
“Our dog dries off in the back yard often.”

(m) Kalbna dima ychaya7 rou7ou fel jarda tileniya.

(f) Kalbetna dima tchaya7 rou7ha fel jarda tileniya.

.كلبنا ديمة يشيح روحو فالجردة التيلانية (m)

.كلبتنا ديمة تشيح روحها فالجردة التيلانية (f)

 
“My dog dries faster when he shakes himself.”

(m) Kalbi ychi7 asra3 wa9t yonfodh rou7ou.

(f) Kalbti tchi7 asra3 wa9t tonfodh rou7ha.

.كلبي يشيح أسرع وقت ينفض روحو (m)

.كلبتي تشيح أسرع وقت تنفض روحها (f)

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

“Dry” (adjective) in Tunisian Arabic

“Dry” (subject drying object) (future) in Tunisian Arabic

“Dried” (subject drying object) (past) in Tunisian Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Dries” (third-person) in Lebanese Arabic