msahhel مسهل

Tunisian Derja · noun

“msahhel” (مسهل) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning laxative, purgative.

Meanings

1. laxative, purgative
2. the Facilitator (God, in invocations)

Usage

Msahhel primarily means a laxative: a medicine or food that loosens the bowels. It is used as a noun ("n'heb msahhel", I want a laxative) or as an adjective after dwa ("dwa msahhel"). The word also appears in the invocation "ya rabbi ya msahhel", where God is called "the one who makes things easy". It is said before a journey, an exam or a match to ask that things go well. Context is enough to tell the two uses apart. In the medical sense, the register is informal and neutral. The word is not vulgar at all.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “msahhel” but also “msahel” and “msahhal”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “msahhel” on the Arabic keyboard