“Grips” (third-person) (verb) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Grips” (the verb, in the third-person participle) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Ykabbech

(f) Tkabbech

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

 يكبّش (m)

 تكبّش (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“That player grips the baseball bat tightly.”

Heka el joueur ykabbech fi 3sat el baseball bel behi.

.هاكا الجوار يكبّش في عصات البيسبول بالباهي

 
“That player grips the bat loosely.”

Heka el joueur ykabbech fel 3sa bel chwaya.

.هاكا الجوار يكبّش في العصا بالشوية

 
“The child grips his mother’s hand tightly when they cross the street.”

El tfol ykabbech fi yed ommo bel behi wa9t ycho99o el kayyes.

.الطفل يكبّش في يد أمّو بالباهي وقت يشقّو الكيّاس

 
“He grips the steering wheel tightly.”

Howa ykabbech fel volon bel behi.

.هو يكبّش في الفولون بالباهي

 
“She grips the steering wheel too lightly.”

Hiya tma tkabbechech fel volon bel behi.

.هي ما تكبشش في الفولون بالباهي