koul كل
Algerian Darja · adjective
“koul” (كل) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning every, each.
Meanings
- every, each
- all
Usage
Koul comes before the noun. Followed by an indefinite noun, it means "every": koul youm (every day), koul wa7ed (everyone). Followed by a definite noun or a pronoun, it means "all": koul chi (everything), koulech (everything), koulhom (all of them). To say "entire", kamel placed after the noun is often preferred: la3bad kamel (everybody). The phrase tesstahel koul khir ("you deserve all the best") is very common for thanking or congratulating someone.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “koul” but also “kol”, “kul” and “kel”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “koul” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “each, every”; “all, the whole”: kol in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “every, each (before a noun)”; “all (with suffix)”: kol in Tunisian.