“Light” (shade) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Light” (the adjective, as in a shade of colour, in the singular form) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Feta7

(f) Fet7a

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

فاتح (m)

فاتحة (f)

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

Fet7in

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

فاتحين

Listen to these three words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“Choose a light colour.”

E5tar loun feta7.

.اختار لون فاتح

 
“How do I choose a lighter colour?”

Kifah na5tar loun afta7?

كيفاه نختار لون أفتح؟

 
“That colour is light blue.”

E loun hedha azra9 feta7.

.اللون هذا أزرق فاتح

 
“I like light green.”

N7eb la5dhar el feta7.

.نحب الأخضر الفاتح

 
“How did you make the paint mixture so light?”

Kifah fata7t 5alit el alwen barcha?

كيفاه فتحت خليط الألوان برشا؟

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

“Light” (luminosity) (adjective) in Tunisian Arabic