slib صليب
Tunisian Derja · noun
“slib” (صليب) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning cross (Christian symbol).
Meanings
- cross (Christian symbol)
- cross shape
Usage
Slib refers to the cross, above all as a Christian symbol: the one seen on a church or worn as a pendant. The plural is sleyeb. The word is neutral and used in everyday language as well as in a more formal register. For a simple cross shape, such as a mark drawn on a sheet of paper, people tend to say kroua, borrowed from French, or else describe the shape. The Red Crescent is el hlel el a7mar, while the Red Cross is e-slib el a7mar.
Example
عندها صليب صغير في رقبتها
3andha slib sghir fi ra9bet'ha
“She wears a small cross around her neck.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “slib” but also “salib”, “sliib”, “sleeb” and “slyb”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “slib” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “cross (Christian symbol)”: salib in Moroccan.