tafasil تفاصيل
Algerian Darja · noun
“tafasil” (تفاصيل) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning details, particulars.
Meanings
- details, particulars
Usage
Tafasil (often pronounced tfasil) is the plural of tafsil and means "the details". It is used mostly in the plural, in requests for explanation: a3tini tafasil ("give me details"), b tafasil ("in detail"). The singular is rare in speech, where the French "détail" is often preferred: mel détail, kol détail. The word also belongs to Standard Arabic. In a casual context, the expression ma t'dkhelch fel tfasil means "don't go into details". Neutral register.
Example
حكيلي بالتفاصيل واش صرا.
7kili b tafasil wach sra.
“Tell me in detail what happened.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tafasil” but also “tfasil”, “tafassil” and “tafaseel”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tafasil” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “details, specifics”: tafassil in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “details, specifics”: tafasil in Tunisian.