“Ledge”, “Ledges” in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Ledge” (the noun, as in the narrow and long surface that juts out from a wall) is written using the Latin script as:

(f) 7affa

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

حافة (f)

In Tunisian Arabic, “Ledges” (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

7affet

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

حافات

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“It’s on the ledge.”

Hia 3al 7affa.

.هي على الحافة

 
“Your phone is on the ledge above the fireplace.”

Telifounk 3l 7affa mta3 madfa2a.

.تليفونك على الحافة متاع المدفأة

 
“That ledge is made of brick.”

L7affa masnou3a m yejour.

.الحافة مصنوعة من الياجور

 
“Stay off the ledge!”

Eb3d m 7affa!

!أبعد من الحافة

 
“Those ledges are made of cement.”

L7affet hekom masnou3in m cimen.

.الحافات هاكم مصنوعين من السيمان

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Ledge”, “Ledges” in Lebanese Arabic