de5el داخل
Tunisian Derja · adverb
“de5el” (داخل) is an adverb in Tunisian Derja meaning inside, indoors.
Meanings
- inside, indoors
- inside of, within
- entering, in the process of going in
Usage
De5el works as an adverb ("inside") and as a preposition ("inside of"). People commonly say men de5el, "from the inside", as opposed to men barra. It is also the participle of the verb d5al, "to enter". As a participle it agrees: de5el (masculine), de5la (feminine), de5lin (plural), and it means "in the process of entering". With fi or 3la, it forms figurative expressions: "de5el fi 7it", "to charge into the wall, head for failure", or "de5el 3la tma3", "came out of self-interest". The register is neutral.
Example
الماكلة داخل الفريجيدار
el mekla de5el el frigidaire
“The food is in the fridge.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “de5el” but also “dakhel”, “da5el”, “de5il” and “dakhil”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “de5el” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “in, inside of”; “entering, coming in”: dakhel in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “in, inside”; “entering, going in”: dakhel in Algerian.