blas بلاص
Tunisian Derja · noun
“blas” (بلاص) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning places, spots.
Meanings
- places, spots
- place, spot
Usage
Blas is related to blasa, a well-integrated borrowing from French "place", meaning "spot". The common plural is blayes. Blas also appears in writing meaning places, or as a simple variant of blasa. It occurs in expressions like fi blas, "somewhere", or akther blas, "the most... places". The word is very common and informal. It designates a location, but also a seat or a free spot. Pitfall for an English speaker: it is not used for a public square in the urban sense.
Example
نعرف بلاص مزيانة باش ناكلو
na3ref blas mezyena bech nekelou
“I know good places to eat.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “blas” but also “blass” and “blaas”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.