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North Levantine Arabic
Etymology
Probably from Arabic بِلَا شَيْء (bi-lā šayʔ, “for nothing”). Eventually the b- was considered part of the word, and the preposition ب (b(i)-) is now added before it again.
Pronunciation
Noun
بلاش • (balāš) m
- No charge; no money; a price of zero; (in context) for free; gratis.
ما في شي ببلاش غير العمى والطراش.- Ma fi ši bi-balāš ḡayr il-ʿama wi-ṭ-ṭarāš.
- Nothing is for free except blindness and deafness. (A saying.)
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
Probably from Arabic بِلَا شَيْء (bi-lā šayʔ, “for nothing”). Eventually the b- was considered part of the word, and the preposition ب (b(i)-) is now added before it again.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
بلاش • (balāš)
- nothing
- Synonym: ولا إشي (wala ʔiši)
- Antonyms: كل إشي (kull ʔiši), كل شي (kull ši)
- for free (without payment)
أخدته ببلاش.- ʔaḵadto bi-balāš
- I got it for free.
See also
Interjection
بلاش • (balāš)
- never mind!
- Synonym: ما عليش (ma ʕalēš, literally “there is nothing on it”)