بلش

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪ.ləʃ/

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

Adapted borrowing of Ottoman Turkish باشلامق (başlamak).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəl.ləʃ/

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.

Adapted borrowing of Ottoman Turkish باشلامق (başlamak).

• IPA^(key): /bal.laʃ/, [ˈbal.laʃ]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

  (file)

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.