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فاشِل

failing; a failure /ˈfaː.ʃil/

adjectiveB1#1660 most common

Also: unsuccessful, useless, loser

Example sentences

هو فاشِل.
He is a failure.
هذا المشروع فاشِل.
This project is a failure.
شعرت أنها فاشِلة في عملها الجديد.
She felt she was a failure at her new job.
كانت كل محاولاتنا فاشِلة حتى الآن.
All our attempts have been unsuccessful so far.
لا تصف نفسك بأنك فاشِل لمجرد أنك أخطأت مرة واحدة.
Do not call yourself a failure just because you made one mistake.
إن السياسة الاقتصادية التي اعتُمدت بدت فاشِلة في معالجة البطالة المتفاقمة.
The economic policy that was adopted appeared to fail at addressing the worsening unemployment.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeفاشِلٌفاشِلونَ
Genitiveفاشِلٍفاشِلينَ
Accusativeفاشِلاًفاشِلينَ
Vocativeيا فاشِلُيا فاشِلونَ

Word family

فَشِلَto fail
فَشَلfailure
فاشِلةfailing (feminine)
أفشَلَto cause to fail, to thwart
إفشالthe act of thwarting

Etymology

The word is the active participle of the verb فَشِلَ, meaning to fail or to lose heart. The triliteral root ف-ش-ل carries the sense of weakness, faltering, and defeat. The same root appears in the Quran with the meaning of losing courage.

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