بلش

Gulf Arabic

Root
ب ل ش
1 term

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪ.ləʃ/

Verb

بِلَش • (bilaš) I

1. to give someone a hard time with something, to cause someone to get in trouble, to burden someone with something

   اختي سافرت المالديف مع ريلها وبلشتني مع عيالها.

   ixti sāfarat il-Māldīf maʕa rayilha u-bilšatni maʕa ʕyālha.

   My sister has travelled to the Maldives with her husband and burdened me with (looking after) her children

Etymology 2

Adapted borrowing of Ottoman Turkish باشلامق (başlamak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəl.ləʃ/

Verb

بَلَّش • (ballaš) II

1. to start, to begin, to commence

   Synonym: بدا (bida)

   المسلسل بلش ― il-musalsal ballaš ― The series has started

   التلفون ما صارله سنة وأوردي بلش يعلق.

   it-tilifōn mā ṣārla sina u-ōrridi ballaš yʕallig.

   It has not even been a year for the telephone and it has already started hanging.

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ب ل ش
1 term

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Ottoman Turkish باشلامق (başlamak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bal.laʃ/, [ˈbal.laʃ]

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Verb

بلّش • (ballaš) II (present ببلّش (biballeš))

1. (intransitive) to begin, to start

   Synonym: بدا (bada)

   Antonym: خلص (ḵalaṣ)

   خلّينا نبلّش قبل ما يرجع.

   ḵallīnā nballeš ʔabl mā yirjaʕ.

   Let's start before he comes back.

   الحلقة بلّشت ابكر من ما كان مكتوب بالبرنامج.

   il-ḥalqa ballašat abkar min mā kān maktūb bil-barnāmej

   The episode started earlier than was written in the schedule.

2. (intransitive) to begin, to start [with ب (b-) or في (fi)]

   Synonym: بدا (bada)

   Antonym: خلّص (ḵallaṣ)

   كمان مرّة بدّك تبلّش بهالموضوع وتخرّب مزاجي؟

   kamān marra biddak tballaš bi-hāl-mawdūʕ w tḵarreb mazāji?

   Are you going to start that topic again and ruin my mood?

   انتا اللي بلّش بالمشكلة اصلا.

   enta lli ballaš bil-muškile aṣlan.

   You're the one who started the problem in the first place.

Conjugation

Conjugation of بلّش (ballaš)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	بلّشت (ballašt)	بلّشت (ballašt)	بلّش (ballaš)		بلّشنا (ballašna)	بلّشتو (ballaštu)	بلّشو (ballašu)
	f		بلّشتي (ballašti)	بلّشت (ballašat)
present	m	ببلّش (baballeš)	بتبلّش (bitballeš)	ببلّش (biballeš)		منبلّش (minballeš)	بتبلّشو (bitballšu)	ببلّشو (biballšu)
	f		بتبلّشي (bitballši)	بتبلّش (bitballeš)
subjunctive	m	ابلّش (aballeš)	تبلّش (tballeš)	يبلّش (yballeš)		نبلّش (nballeš)	تبلّشو (tballšu)	يبلّشو (yballšu)
	f		تبلّشي (tballši)	تبلّش (tballeš)
imperative	m		بلّش (balleš)				بلّشو (ballšu)
	f		بلّشي (ballši)