9yes قياس
Tunisian Derja · noun
“9yes” (قياس) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning size, shoe size.
Meanings
- size, shoe size
- measurement
Usage
9yes is used mainly for clothing size or shoe size. In a shop, people ask "chnowa 9yesek?" (what is your size?). The usual construction is "nelbes 9yes…" (I wear a size…), followed by the number or letter. The word can also mean a measurement taken, for example at the tailor's: "5dheli el 9yes" (he took my measurements). The plural is 9yesat. The word is very common and neutral in register. Not to be confused with the scholarly sense "analogy" in Classical Arabic.
Example
شنوّة قياسك في الصبّاط؟
chnowa 9yesek fi sabbat?
“What is your shoe size?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9yes” but also “qyas”, “9ies”, “kyes” and “9yas”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “9yes” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “size (clothes, shoes)”; “measurement”: 9yas in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “measurement, size”; “comparison, analogy”: qyas in Algerian.