sahel سهل
Algerian Darja · verb
“sahel” (سهل) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to facilitate, make easy.
Meanings
- to facilitate, make easy
- to relax conditions for
Usage
Sahhel (present ysahhel) means "to facilitate". It is heard mostly in the blessing rabbi ysahhel (may God make it easy), very common for wishing someone luck or for politely ending a discussion, even for refusing without saying so. It is constructed with 3la: rabbi ysahhel 3lik. The verb is also used in the concrete sense, for procedures or conditions that are eased: sahhlou l-wraq (they simplified the paperwork). Not to be confused with the adjective sahel (easy), which is written the same way in Arabic without the shadda.
Example
ربي يسهل عليك في الامتحان
rabbi ysahhel 3lik f l-imtihan
“May God make the exam easy for you.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sahel” but also “sahhel”, “ysahel”, “sahal” and “sehel”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “sahel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to facilitate, make easy”; “(God) to grant success”: sehhel in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to make easy”; “(God) to grant success”: sahel in Tunisian.