dkhel دخل
Moroccan Darija · verb
“dkhel” (دخل) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to enter, go into a place.
Meanings
- to enter, go into a place
- to meddle, get involved
- income (noun)
Usage
Dkhel is the basic verb for "to enter". The present is kaydkhol, the imperative is dkhol ("come in!"), and the plural is dkhlo. It is built with l, f or directly with the place: dkhel l dar ("he went into the house"). Figuratively, it means "to meddle": dkhol souq rassek ("mind your own business"). It also means "to hit, crash into someone", for example of a vehicle. Pronounced dakhl or dekhl, the noun means income or money coming in. Note that the opposite is khrej, "to go out".
Example
دخل ولا خرج
dkhal wla khraj
“Go in or go out.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | dkhelt | |
| nta (you, m.) | dkhelti | dkhol |
| nti (you, f.) | dkhelti | dkhli |
| howa (he) | dkhel | |
| hiya (she) | dkhlat | |
| 7na (we) | dkhelna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | dkhelto | dkhlou |
| homa (they) | dkhlo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dkhel” but also “dkhl”, “d5el”, “dkhal”, “d5l” and “d5al”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “dkhel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to enter”; “to have to do with, concern”: dkhel in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to enter, to go into somewhere”; “to crash into”: d5al in Tunisian.