fechla فاشلة
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“fechla” (فاشلة) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning failed, unsuccessful.
Meanings
- failed, unsuccessful
- useless, incompetent
Usage
Fechla is the feminine of fechel. It applies to a person (incompetent, someone who fails) or to a feminine-gender thing: an attempt, a policy, a relationship (3la9a fechla = a failed relationship). Newspapers often use it to criticize a government or a team. Said of a person, the word is demeaning, and it is also used self-mockingly: ana fechla fil-kouzina (I'm hopeless at cooking). The plural is fechlin. The corresponding noun, fachal (failure), is of a more formal register.
Example
الخطّة متاعو طلعت فاشلة
el-khotta mte3ou tel3et fechla
“His plan turned out to be a failure.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fechla” but also “fachla”, “fashla” and “feshla”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.