fchel فشل
Moroccan Darija · verb
“fchel” (فشل) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to fail, flop.
Meanings
- to fail, flop
- failure (noun)
- to weaken, give out
Usage
Fchel means "to fail", said of a project, an exam or a relationship: "fchel f lmochro3 dyalo". The noun form fachal ("failure") belongs to a more formal register and is mostly heard in the media or serious speech. In everyday language, for an exam, people more often say "sqet" or "ma njeHch". Fchel can also mean physically giving out, losing strength: "fchlo liya rjliya", my legs gave out. Do not confuse the verb fchel with the noun fachal.
Example
المشروع فشل فشل تاريخي
lmchrou3 fchl fachal tarikhi
“The project failed, a historic failure.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanfchl | fchlt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katfchl | fchlti | fchl |
| nti (you, f.) | katfchli | fchlti | fchli |
| howa (he) | kayfchl | fchl | |
| hiya (she) | katfchl | fchlat | |
| 7na (we) | kanfchlo | fchlna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katfchlo | fchlto | fchlo |
| homa (they) | kayfchlo | fchlo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fchel” but also “fchl”, “fchal” and “fachal”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “fchel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to fail, to flop”; “failure (as a noun)”: fchel in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to fail, to flop”; “to lose heart, to flag”: fchel in Tunisian.