fasl فصل
Algerian Darja · noun
“fasl” (فصل) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning season of the year.
Meanings
- season of the year
- school term
- chapter (of a book)
Usage
Fasl first means the season: fasl e-chta (winter), fasl e-sif (summer), fasl e-rbi3 (spring), fasl el-khrif (autumn). It is readily used with the article and the name of the season, but in conversation people often just say fe-chta or fe-sif without fasl. At school, fasl means the term: fasl lewel, fasl tani, fasl tالت, and people talk about the term average. The sense of "chapter" belongs more to school or written register. Do not confuse it with the verb fassel, "to cut out (a garment)" or "to settle a question".
Example
نحب فصل الشتا بزاف
n7eb fasl e-chta bezzaf
“I really like the winter season.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fasl” but also “fasel”, “fsel” and “fasle”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “fasl” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “season of the year”; “chapter, article”: fsel in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to separate, to settle”; “article (of a law or text)”: fsal in Tunisian.