“Rectangle”, “Rectangles” in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Mostatil

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

 مستطيل (m)

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

Mostatilet

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

 مستطيلات

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“That shape is called a rectangle.”

El chakl hetha yetsamma mostatil.

.الشكل هذا يتسمّا مستطيل

 
“How long is the rectangle?”

9addech toul el mostatil?

قدّاش طول المستطيل؟

 
“What colour are you going to colour in the rectangle?”

Chnoua el loun elli bech tlawwan bih el mostatil?

شنوّا اللون الي بش تلوّن بيه المستطيل؟

 
“I’m going to cut the wood into a rectangle.”

Bech n9oss el 7tab aala chakl mostatil.

.بش نقص الحطب على شكل مستطيل

 
“There are a bunch of toys on the ground shaped in squares, triangles, and rectangles.”

Fama barcha lou3ab aal 9a3 fi chakl mourabb3at, mouthallthet, w mostatilet.

.فما برشا لعب عالقاع في شكل مربعات، مثلّثات، و مستطيلا

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Rectangle”, “Rectangles” (nouns) in Lebanese Arabic