tale3 طالع
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“tale3” (طالع) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning going up, rising.
Meanings
- going up, rising
- high, expensive (price)
- leaving, heading off
Usage
Tale3 is the active participle of the verb tla3, "to go up". It describes someone or something that is going up. Applied to prices, it means "expensive": "essoum tale3" translates as "it's expensive". With "moral", it expresses good spirits. It also marks a departure, especially abroad or to the north: "tale3 l França" means "I'm leaving for France". It can carry a sense of the near future. The feminine is tal3a and the plural tal3in. The opposite is habet, "going down".
Example
سوم الخضرة طالع برشا هالأيامات.
soum el khodhra tale3 barcha hal ayemet.
“Vegetable prices are very high these days.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tale3” but also “tal3”, “tela3” and “tali3”. 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.