“Pocket”, “Pockets” (nouns) in Tunisian Arabic

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

Jib

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

جيب

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

Jyoub

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

جيوب

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“It’s in my pocket.”

(masculine-based object) Aho fi jibi.

(feminine-based object) Ahi fi jibi.

.أهو في جيبي (masculine-based object)

.أهي في جيبي (feminine-based object)

 
“I’ll check my pockets.”

Taw nchouf jyoubi.

.تو نشوف جيوبي

 
“What’s in your pockets?”

Chfama fi jyoubek?

شفمّا في جيوبك؟

 
“I have some change in my pockets.”

3andi chwaya sarf fi jyoubi.

.عندي شويّة صرف في جيوبي

 
“It fell out of my pockets.”

(m) Ta7 men jyoubi.

(f) Ta7et men jyoubi.

.طاح من جيوبي (m)

.طاحت من جيوبي (f)

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Pocket”, “Pockets” (nouns) in Lebanese Arabic