bidh بيض
Tunisian Derja · noun
“bidh” (بيض) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning eggs (collective).
Meanings
- eggs (collective)
- white (plural of "white")
Usage
Bidh is a collective noun: it refers to eggs in general, and a single egg is bidha. In much of Tunisia, 3dham is also very often heard for eggs; both words are understood everywhere. Bidh also serves as the plural of abyadh (white): "ennes bidh", white people, or "wejhou bidh", his face is pale. Context is enough to tell the two meanings apart. Note the emphatic pronunciation of the final dh, which distinguishes the word from other close roots.
Example
شريت شويّة بيض وحليب من الحانوت
chrit chwaya bidh w 7lib mel 7anout
“I bought some eggs and milk from the corner shop.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bidh” but also “bid”, “bayd”, “baydh” and “bidha”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “bidh” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “white”; “eggs (collective)”: byed in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “eggs”; “white (colour)”: bid in Algerian.