fchel فشل
Tunisian Derja · verb
“fchel” (فشل) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to fail, to flop.
Meanings
- to fail, to flop
- to lose heart, to flag
- failure (noun)
Usage
Fchel is used in the sense of "to fail", whether a project, an exam or an attempt: el machrou3 fchel ("the project failed"). The noun fachal ("failure") belongs mainly to the written or media register, as in fachal dirassi ("academic failure"). In speech, the verb also expresses losing heart or letting oneself get discouraged. The causative form fachchel means "to discourage someone, to take the wind out of their sails", for example ma tfachchelnich ("don't discourage me"). The subject of the verb is the thing that fails, or the person who flags.
Example
المشروع فشل خاطر ما خططوش مليح
el machrou3 fchel 5ater ma 5attatouch mli7
“The project failed because they didn't plan it well.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fchel” but also “fashel”, “fachal”, “fchal” and “fashal”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “fchel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to fail, flop”; “failure (noun)”: fchel in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to fail, to flop”; “failure (as a noun)”: fchel in Algerian.