tri طري
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“tri” (طري) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning soft, tender, supple.
Meanings
- soft, tender, supple
- fresh (bread, fish, vegetable)
Usage
Tri describes what is soft or supple to the touch: a fabric, tender meat, dough. It is the opposite of yébès, "hard, dry". It also means "fresh" for foods: khobz tri, "fresh bread", or 7out tri, "fresh fish". The feminine is triya and the plural is triyin. Applied to a person, the word can mean "delicate, not toughened", sometimes with a mocking nuance. Note: for "cool" in the sense of "cold", use bérèd, not tri.
Example
الخبز هذا طري، توا خرج مالكوشة
el khobz hedha tri, tawa khraj mel koucha
“This bread is fresh, it just came out of the oven.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tri” but also “tari”, “triy” and “tre”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tri” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “tender, soft”; “fresh (bread, food)”: tri in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “tender, soft (bread, meat)”; “fresh (recently made food)”: tri in Algerian.