ghsel غسل
Tunisian Derja · verb
“ghsel” (غسل) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to wash.
Meanings
- to wash
- to wash (face, hands)
Usage
Ghsel, yaghsel means to wash: clothes ("ghsel 7wayjou"), dishes ("ghsel el mwa3en"), a car or a part of the body ("ghsel wejhou", to wash one's face). The passive or reflexive is formed with "tghassel" or "ttaghsel". The verbal noun "ghsil" means laundry, and "ghassala" the washing machine. The word is neutral and used in all registers. Figuratively, "ghsel ydih" means to wash one's hands of something, to lose interest in a matter.
Example
غسلت حوايجي البارح
ghsalt 7wayji lbere7
“I washed my clothes yesterday.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ghsel” but also “8sel”, “ghsal”, “ghassel” and “ghsil”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.
Type “ghsel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to wash (hands, face, dishes…)”; “to wash a deceased person ritually”: ghsel in Moroccan.