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failure in Arabic

فَشَل
Pronunciation
fašal
Arabizi
fashal
Type
noun · masculine
Plural
فَشَلَاتٌ fašalāt
Root
ش ل ل

How to use it

فَشَلٌ denotes the state of not succeeding. It is masculine; its plural فَشَلَاتٌ refers to multiple failures or setbacks.

Example sentences

  • عَانَى المَشْرُوعُ فَشَلًا كَبِيرًا.

    ʿānā al‑mashrūʿu fašalan kabīran.

    The project suffered a major failure.

  • الرَّغْبَةُ فِي النَّجَاحِ تُقَلِّلُ مِن فَشَلِ النَّاسِ.

    Ar‑raġbatu fī an‑najāḥi tuqallilu min fašali an‑nāsi.

    The desire for success reduces people's failure.

  • فَشَلَتِ الامْتِحَانَاتُ بِسَبَبِ القِلَلِ.

    Fašalat al‑imtiḥānātu bisabab al‑qilāl.

    The exams failed because of lack.

Examples from real texts

Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.

First, the famous failure.

اولا مثال الفشل الشهير

Failure is not an option.”

والفشل ليس بالخيار الوارد".

The Failure of China Bashing

التخلف عن واجب انتقاد الصين

One failure followed another.

فشل تلو الآخر.

His attempt ended in failure.

محاولته باءت بالفشل.

The failure has been dramatic.

وكان الفشل ذريعا.

But TiVo's a commercial failure.

ولكن خطة " تيفو " التسويقية فشلت

Overcoming the Copenhagen Failure

التغلب على فشل كوبنهاجن

The Failure of Inflation Targeting

الإخفاق في استهداف التضخم

Market Failure and Political Failure

فشل السوق والفشل السياسي

Bolivia’s Crisis, Latin America’s Failure

أزمة بوليفيا وإخفاق أميركا اللاتينية

In fact, most war is a failure of politics, a failure of political imagination.

والحقيقة أن أغلب الحروب تعكس إخفاق السياسة وفشل الخيال السياسي.

Questions and answers

Is فَشَلٌ used for personal failure only?

No, it can refer to projects, plans, systems, etc.

How to say ‘to fail’?

Use the verb فَشِلَ (fašila).

Related words and expressions

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