ba3ath بعث
Tunisian Derja · verb
“ba3ath” (بعث) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to send, dispatch.
Meanings
- to send, dispatch
- to launch, set up (a project)
Usage
Ba3ath (present yab3ath) is the usual verb for "to send" in Tounsi. It is used for a message, a parcel, money or a person: ab3athli message ("send me a message"), ba3athtou lel 7anout ("I sent him/it to the shop"). It takes l- for the recipient. In the sense of "to launch" or "to set up" a project, a company or an association, it belongs to administrative and journalistic vocabulary. The noun ba3th ("creation, launch") belongs to the same register.
Example
ابعثلي التصاور على الواتساب
ab3athli tsawer 3al whatsapp
“Send me the photos on WhatsApp.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ba3ath” but also “ab3ath”, “b3ath”, “yab3ath” and “ba3th”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.