tri طري
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“tri” (طري) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning tender, soft.
Meanings
- tender, soft
- fresh (bread, food)
- young, delicate
Usage
Tri describes what is soft and fresh, as opposed to what is hard or stale. It is used mostly for food: khobz tri (fresh, soft bread), l7em tri (tender meat), lfoul tri (fresh fava beans). The feminine is triya and the plural is triyin. Note that it does not correspond to "fresh" in the sense of "cool": for a cool drink, say bared. It can also describe soft skin or a young, delicate person. For a sensitive, tender-hearted person, other expressions are preferred, such as qelbo rqiq.
Example
هاد الخبز طري، باقي سخون
had lkhobz tri, ba9i skhoun
“This bread is fresh, it's still warm.”
Forms
| feminine | Tryya |
|---|---|
| plural | Tryyin |
| feminine plural | Tryyat |
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 “tri” but also “tari”, “triy” and “teri”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tri” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “tender, soft (bread, meat)”; “fresh (recently made food)”: tri in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “soft, tender, supple”; “fresh (bread, fish, vegetable)”: tri in Tunisian.