fchel فشل
Algerian Darja · verb
“fchel” (فشل) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to fail, to flop.
Meanings
- to fail, to flop
- failure (as a noun)
- to lose strength, go limp
Usage
Fchel is used mainly in a formal or semi-formal register, close to standard Arabic: it refers to a project, a TV series season or a team that failed. The noun fachal ("failure") is frequent in comments and on television. In everyday conversation, a failed exam is more often expressed with other verbs, such as ma nja7ch ("he didn't pass"). There is also an informal sense in which the verb means to weaken or feel drained: fchelt ("I have no strength left"). Only context tells the two senses apart.
Example
المشروع تاعو فشل من العام الأول
lmachrou3 ta3ou fchel men l3am lewel
“His project failed from the very first year.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fchel” but also “fechel”, “fchal”, “fashel” and “fachal”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “fchel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to fail, flop”; “failure (noun)”: fchel in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to fail, to flop”; “to lose heart, to flag”: fchel in Tunisian.