المقص عند الترزي.

Because Arabic often uses a verbless sentence in the present tense.

So المقص عند الترزي is literally something like:

• the scissors / the scissors item
• at / with
• the tailor

In English, you need is/are, but in Arabic the present-tense to be is usually left out.

So the idea is:

• المقص عند الترزي = The scissors are with the tailor / at the tailor’s

If you wanted a past meaning, then a verb would appear, such as كان for was.

عند is a very common word in both Standard Arabic and Egyptian Arabic. In a sentence like this, it usually means:

• with
• at
• sometimes in the possession of

So here, عند الترزي can mean:

• with the tailor
• at the tailor’s place
• in the tailor’s possession

Learners often first meet في for in, but عند is different. It is often used for:

• location near or at a person
• possession, especially temporary possession

For example:

• المفاتيح عندي = I have the keys / The keys are with me
• الشنطة عندها = She has the bag / The bag is with her

Because ت is a sun letter.

The Arabic definite article is written ال, but its pronunciation changes before certain letters. With sun letters, the l sound disappears and the next consonant is doubled.

So:

• الترزي is pronounced roughly
• et-tarzi

not

• al-tarzi

This is called sun-letter assimilation.

A few other examples:

• الشمس → esh-shams
• الراجل → er-rāgil
• الدرس → ed-dars

So the spelling stays الترزي, but the pronunciation changes.

In Arabic, مقص is treated as a singular noun, even though English uses the plural-looking word scissors.

So Arabic says:

• المقص عند الترزي

not something structurally like the scissors are in the English grammatical sense.

This is a very common difference between English and Arabic. Some objects that are grammatically plural in English are singular in Arabic, and vice versa.

So when learning this word, it is best to remember:

• مقص = one grammatical noun in Arabic

Even if English translates it as scissors.

Because the sentence is presenting the scissors as the topic first.

So the structure is:

• المقص = the topic
• عند الترزي = the information about it

This is a very normal Arabic pattern.

You could also hear a version with the order reversed for emphasis or context, such as:

• عند الترزي المقص

But the most neutral form here is:

• المقص عند الترزي

A good way to think of it is:

• As for the scissors, they’re with the tailor.

Yes, ترزي is a very common Egyptian Arabic word for tailor.

A learner may also know the more widely recognized word:

• خياط

Both relate to tailoring/sewing, but ترزي is especially natural in Egyptian speech.

So if your goal is Egyptian Arabic, الترزي is a very useful everyday word.

With عند, pronoun endings are very common.

Examples:

• المقص عنده = The scissors are with him
• المقص عندها = The scissors are with her
• المقص عندي = The scissors are with me
• المقص عندنا = The scissors are with us

So عند can be followed by:

• a noun: عند الترزي
• or a pronoun suffix: عنده

This is one reason عند is such a useful word in spoken Arabic.

A natural Egyptian-style pronunciation would be roughly:

• el-maʔaṣṣ ʿand et-tarzi

A few notes:

• ال in المقص is usually pronounced el-
• the letter ق in Egyptian Arabic is often pronounced as a glottal stop ʔ
• ال in الترزي becomes et- because of the sun-letter rule

So a practical learner-friendly pronunciation is:

• el-maʔaṣṣ ʿand et-tarzi

You do not need to pronounce it in a very formal Standard Arabic way if you are aiming for Egyptian speech.

It can mean either, depending on context.

That is very normal with عند.

So:

• if you are talking about possession, it can mean with the tailor
• if you are talking about place, it can mean at the tailor’s

In real life, the listener usually understands the intended meaning from the situation.

For example, if someone asks where the scissors are, المقص عند الترزي could naturally mean:

• The scissors are at the tailor’s
• or The tailor has the scissors

Both are built into the Arabic sentence.