dbech دبش
Tunisian Derja · noun
“dbech” (دبش) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning clothes, garments.
Meanings
- clothes, garments
- belongings, personal effects
Usage
Dbech is a collective noun meaning clothes, and more broadly personal belongings. It is used in everyday speech: "lbes dbechek" (get dressed), "ghsel edbech" (wash the laundry), "dbech el 9raya" (school things). It is always used as a collective: you do not count dbech one by one. To refer to a single garment, use another word or the specific term (souriya, serwel…). The register is common and neutral. Depending on context, it can be rendered as "clothes", "gear" or "things".
Example
لمّ دبشك وأمشي نرقد
lemm dbechek w emchi or9od
“Pack up your things and go to bed.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dbech” but also “dbach”, “debech” and “dbash”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.