lowel لول
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“lowel” (لول) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning first.
Meanings
- first
- the beginning
Usage
Lowwel is the Tunisian form of "first". It usually takes the article: el lowwel ("the first"), and in the feminine lowla (el marra lowla, "the first time"). It can also come before the noun: lowwel nhar ("the first day"). It is used adverbially in mel lowwel ("from the start, from the beginning") and fel lowwel ("at first, first of all"). In a building, et-ta9 el lowwel means the first floor. These uses are very frequent in conversation, in any register.
Example
هو كان اللوّل في القسم.
howa ken el lowwel fel 9esm.
“He was first in the class.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lowel” but also “lowwel”, “louwel”, “lawel” and “loul”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “lowel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “first”; “first, firstly”: lowwel in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “first”; “at the beginning, at first”: lewel in Algerian.