atheth اثاث
Tunisian Derja · noun
“atheth” (اثاث) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning furniture.
Meanings
- furniture
- furniture department
Usage
Atheth refers to the furniture of a house or an office. It is used mainly in a somewhat formal or commercial register: shop signs, a department store's furniture section, property ads ("dar bel atheth", a furnished house). In spontaneous speech, many Tunisians say mobilia instead, or name the pieces directly ("el bit", "salon"). It is a collective noun and has no plural. The pronunciation varies between atheth and ateth.
Example
شرينا أثاث جديد للدار
chrina atheth jdid lel dar
“We bought new furniture for the house.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “atheth” but also “athath” and “ateth”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.