sif سيف
Tunisian Derja · noun
“sif” (سيف) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning sword, sabre.
Meanings
- sword, sabre
- male first name Seif
Usage
Sif means a sword or a sabre. The word is found in stories, tales, historical references or decorative objects. It is also a very common male first name in Tunisia, often written Seif or Saif. In a text, it is frequently the first name you will meet. Be careful not to confuse it with "sif" (صيف), "summer", which is pronounced almost the same way but is written with an emphatic ṣād in Arabic.
Example
جدّي عندو سيف قديم معلّق في الحيط
jeddi 3andou sif 9dim m3alla9 fil 7it
“My grandfather has an old sword hanging on the wall.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sif” but also “seif”, “saif” and “sayf”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “sif” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “sword, saber”: sif in Moroccan.