“Flood”, “Floods” (nouns) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Fayadhan

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

فيضان (m)

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

Fayadhanet

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

فيضانات

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“The street got a little flood.”

Echera3 fih fayadhan s8ir.

.الشارع فيه فيضان صغير

 
“The flood is draining.”

El fayadhan 9e3ed ychi7.

.الفيضان قاعد يشيح

 
“There is a flood in the bathroom.”

Famma fayadhan fi toilette.

.فما فيضان في التواليت

 

“There is a little flood in the basement.”

Famma fayadhan s8ir f el 9abou.

.فما فيضان صغير في القبو

 

“This area of the countryside commonly gets floods.“

Leblasa hedhi mel rif fel 3ada yjiwha fayadhanet.

.البلاصة هذه مالريف فالعادة يجيوها فيضانات

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

“Water” in Tunisian Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Flood”, “Floods” (nouns) in Lebanese Arabic