mdhawwib مذوب
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“mdhawwib” (مذوب) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning melted, liquefied.
Meanings
- melted, liquefied
- dissolved
Usage
Mdhawwib is the participle of the verb dhawwib, "to melt". It describes something that has melted, like butter, ice or chocolate, or something that has dissolved, like sugar or a tablet in water. The feminine is mdhawwba. It also appears in hyperbolic expressions like "even stone would melt", to say something is impossible or a change is unimaginable. Pronunciation varies between regions between dh and d, which explains the spellings mdawwib and mdhawweb.
Example
الزبدة مذوبة من السخانة.
ezzebda mdhawwba mel skhana.
“The butter has melted from the heat.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mdhawwib” but also “mdhaweb”, “mdawwib” and “mdhawweb”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.