kol blasa كل بلاصة
Algerian Darja · expression
“kol blasa” (كل بلاصة) is an expression in Algerian Darja meaning everywhere.
Meanings
- everywhere
- every place
Usage
Koul blassa, often preceded by f (f koul blassa), means "everywhere". Blassa is an adapted loan from French "place", in the sense of "spot, location". The expression is very common and informal, and is heard all over Algeria: lgitou f koul blassa, "I found it everywhere". It can also keep a distributive sense: koul blassa w qanounha, "every place has its own rules". A similar form, koul mkan, also exists, but it sounds more standard. Koul blassa remains the spontaneous everyday phrase.
Example
قلبت عليه في كل بلاصة وما لقيتوش
qlebt 3lih f koul blassa w ma l9itouch
“I looked for him everywhere and didn't find him.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kol blasa” but also “koul blassa”, “kol blassa” and “kul blasa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “kol blasa” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “everywhere”; “every place”: kol blasa in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “everywhere, in every place”; “every place”: kol blasa in Tunisian.