7allel حلل
Tunisian Derja · verb
“7allel” (حلل) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to analyze, examine in detail.
Meanings
- to analyze, examine in detail
- to make lawful, permit (religion)
Usage
7allel means "to analyze": one analyzes a match, a political situation or results. The register is rather formal or media-style, but the word is common in discussions. In the medical field, the noun "ta7lil" is mostly used, meaning laboratory tests. One then says "3mel ta7lil" rather than using the verb. In a religious context, 7allel takes another meaning: to declare something lawful (7lel), as opposed to "7arram", to forbid. The conjugation is regular: n7allel, t7allel, y7allel.
Example
قعدوا يحللو في الماتش ساعتين.
9a3dou y7allou fil match sa3tin.
“They spent two hours analyzing the match.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7allel” but also “hallel”, “7alel” and “7lel”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “7allel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to analyze, break down”; “to explain, justify”: 7ellel in Moroccan.