wsel وصل
Moroccan Darija · verb
“wsel” (وصل) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to arrive, reach.
Meanings
- to arrive, reach
- to deliver, take someone (wessel)
- to reach a level, an age
Usage
Wsel is the usual verb for "to arrive". It is used with l or with a direct object: wselt l dar, "I arrived home". In the perfect, you often hear wselt, wselti, wslna. The question wselti? is used to check that someone has arrived safely. It also applies to a moment that comes (wsel lwqt) or a message received (wselni lmessage). The intensive form wessel is transitive: to deliver a parcel, to drop someone off by car. Do not confuse it with wsef (to describe). The noun lwsel (receipt, voucher) is a separate word.
Example
وصل وقت ديال الصلاة
wsl w9t dyal salat
“The time for prayer has arrived.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanwSl | wSlt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katwSl | wSlti | wSl |
| nti (you, f.) | katwSli | wSlti | wSli |
| howa (he) | kaywSl | wSl | |
| hiya (she) | katwSl | wSlat | |
| 7na (we) | kanwSlo | wSlna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katwSlo | wSlto | wSlo |
| homa (they) | kaywSlo | wSlo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “wsel” but also “wsal”, “wsl”, “wssel”, “wselt” and “wssl”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “wsel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to arrive (somewhere)”; “to reach, to attain”: wsel in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to arrive”; “to reach, attain”: wsel in Tunisian.