frach فراش
Tunisian Derja · noun
“frach” (فراش) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning bed, sleeping place.
Meanings
- bed, sleeping place
- bedding, mattress
Usage
Frach means the bed, the place where one sleeps. Typical expressions are fil frach, "in bed", and rgad fil frach, "he went to bed". Mridh w ta7 fil frach means "he fell ill, he is bedridden". The word can also refer more broadly to bedding: mattress, blankets, what one spreads out to sleep on. For furniture in general, farch or meubles is used instead. The usual plural is fourch.
Example
البارح ما رقدتش، توا نمشي للفراش.
lbare7 ma rkadtech, tawa nemchi lel frach.
“I didn't sleep yesterday, I'm going to bed now.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “frach” but also “frech” and “fraach”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “frach” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “furniture, household furnishings”; “bedding, mattress and blankets”: frach in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “bed, place to sleep”; “bedding, mattress”: frach in Algerian.