"Needle", "Needles" in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, "Needle" (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

(f) Ebra

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

ابرة (f)

In Tunisian Arabic, "Needles" (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

Aberi

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

أباري

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
"I accidentally pricked my finger with the needle while sewing."

Ena n9abt sob3i bel ebra mch bel3ani wa9t kont n5ayyat.

.أنا نقبت صبعي بالإبرة مش بلعاني وقت كنت نخيّط

 
"I’ll sew it for you if you give me a needle and a thread."

(masculine-based) Taw n5ayathoulek idha 3titni ebra w 5it.

(feminine-based) Taw n5ayathelek idha 3titni ebra w 5it.

.تو نخيّطهولك إذا عطيتني ابرة وخيط (masculine-based)

.تو نخيّطهالك إذا عطيتني ابرة وخيط (feminine-based)

 
"Can you give me a needle?"

Tnajjem ta3tini ebra?

تنجّم تعطيني ابرة؟

 
"Where do you keep the needles?"

Win t5abbi fel aberi?

وين تخبّي في الأباري؟

 
"The needles are in that drawer."

El aberi fel placard.

.الأباري في البلاكار

 

Related terms in Tunisian Arabic

"Ball of yarn", "Balls of yarn" in Tunisian Arabic