ysell يسل
Algerian Darja · verb
“ysell” (يسل) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to pull out, extract by pulling.
Meanings
- to pull out, extract by pulling
- to slip away discreetly
Usage
The verb sell, ysell means to pull something out gently from a place where it is caught or stuck: a thread, a thorn, a blade from its sheath. The participle meslloul describes what has been pulled out, for example khit meslloul, "a pulled thread". With a reflexive pronoun, sell rouhou, the meaning becomes "to slip away, leave discreetly without being noticed". The word is common and neutral. For a more abrupt tearing out, netter is preferred.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, it is written “ysell”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.