sahl ساهل
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“sahl” (ساهل) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning easy, simple.
Meanings
- easy, simple
- accessible, within reach
Usage
A very common adjective for "easy". The feminine is sahla and the plural sahlin. It is intensified with bzzaf or ghir: sahl bzzaf, "very easy". The construction sahl + imperfective verb means "it is easy to": sahl tfhem, "it's easy to understand". The word also describes an accommodating person: rajel sahl, "an easygoing man". This sense is rarely pejorative. It is often placed after rah or hadchi to reassure: hadchi rah sahl. Neutral register.
Example
هادشي راه ساهل
hadchi rah sahl
“That is easy.”
Forms
| feminine | sa8la |
|---|---|
| plural | sa8lin |
| feminine plural | sa8lat |
Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sahl” but also “sahel”, “sa8l” and “sa8el”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.
Type “sahl” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “easy”; “easygoing, not demanding (person)”: sahel in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “easy, simple”; “easygoing, accommodating”: sehel in Tunisian.