“Plucks” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Yna99i

(f) Tna99i

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

 ينقّي (m)

 تنقّي (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“She plucks her eyebrows once a week.”

Tna99i 7wejebha marra fel jom3a.

.تنقّي حواجبها مرّة في الجمعة

 
“He plucks his nose hair every once in a while.”

Yna99i ch3ar 5achmou kol mdida.

.ينقّي شعر خشمو كل مديدة

 
“My sister plucks her eyebrows with my plucker.”

O5ti tna99i 7wejebha bel mal9at mte3i.

.أختي تنقّي حواجبها بالملقط متاعي

 
“The esthetician plucks a lot of eyebrows throughout the day.”

El esthéticienne tna99i barcha 7wejeb fel nhar.

.الايستيتيسيان تنقّي برشا حواجب في النهار

“This plucker plucks well.”

El mal9at hedhi yna99i belbehi.

.الملقط هذا ينقّي بالباهي