fsel فصل
Moroccan Darija · noun
“fsel” (فصل) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning season of the year.
Meanings
- season of the year
- chapter, article
- to separate (verb fsel)
Usage
Fsel (or fasl) first means the season: "fsel sif", summer, "fsel chta", winter, "fsel lkhrif", autumn. It is also heard for a book chapter or an article of a law, in a more academic or administrative register. The verb fsel, "to separate, detach", exists but is less common in speech than "freq"; it is also used for the dismissal of an employee or a pupil, in the passive "tfsel". Note: at school, the classroom is called "qism", not fasl.
Example
صيف هو أحسن فصل في العام
sayf howa a7ssen fasl fl3am
“Summer is the best season of the year.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanfSel | fSelt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katfSel | fSelti | fSel |
| nti (you, f.) | katfSli | fSelti | fSli |
| howa (he) | kayfSel | fSel | |
| hiya (she) | katfSel | fSlat | |
| 7na (we) | kanfSlo | fSlna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katfSlo | fSlto | fSlo |
| homa (they) | kayfSlo | fSlo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fsel” but also “fasl”, “fassl” and “fasel”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “fsel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “season of the year”; “school term”: fasl in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to separate, to settle”; “article (of a law or text)”: fsal in Tunisian.