mal3eb ملعب
Tunisian Derja · noun
“mal3eb” (ملعب) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning stadium.
Meanings
- stadium
- sports ground
Usage
Mal3eb means a stadium or a sports ground. Football is its most frequent use: "mal3eb rades", the Radès stadium. It is also used for other sports, as in "mal3eb tennis", a tennis court. The plural is "malé3eb". In conversation, young people often use the French "stade" or "terrain". Mal3eb remains the usual term in sports commentary and the media. It comes from the root of the verb "l3eb", to play.
Example
ماشين للملعب نتفرّجو في الماتش.
mechin lel mal3eb netfarjou fel match.
“We're going to the stadium to watch the match.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mal3eb” but also “mal3ab”, “mel3eb” and “mal3b”. 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.