r5os رخص
Tunisian Derja · verb
“r5os” (رخص) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to drop in price, get cheaper.
Meanings
- to drop in price, get cheaper
- low price, cheapness (noun)
- permits, licences (plural)
Usage
As a verb, r5os (ya5os in the present) means "to drop in price": the subject is the goods, not the seller. The causative ra55es means "to lower the price" or "to sell off cheap". The noun ro5s means low price, and the common adjective is r5is, "cheap". Figuratively, r5is also describes a person or behaviour as "low, worthless". Beware of the homograph spelled the same way in Arabic: ro5as, plural of ro5sa, "permit, licence" (ro5sa mta3 siyaga, "driving licence"). Only context lets you tell them apart in writing.
Example
الطماطم رخصت شوية الجمعة هذي
e tmatem r5ossat chwaya ejjem3a hedhi
“Tomatoes got a bit cheaper this week.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “r5os” but also “ro5s”, “rkhos”, “r5es” and “rkhes”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.