tbsil طبسيل
Moroccan Darija · noun
“tbsil” (طبسيل) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning plate.
Meanings
- plate
- plateful
Usage
Tbsil is the everyday word for a plate. The plural is tbasel. It can mean either the object or what is on it: tbsil dyal lhrira, "a plate of harira". For the large serving dish placed in the middle of the table, other words are used instead, for example tbe9 or gas3a depending on the case. Tbsil is kept for an individual or medium-sized plate. Ghsel tbasel means "to do the dishes", literally "to wash the plates".
Example
عطيني واحد الطبسيل نقي
3tini wahed tbsil n9i
“Give me a clean plate.”
Forms
| plural | tbaSl |
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Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tbsil” but also “tebsil”, “tabsil” and “tbssil”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.