blech بلاش
Tunisian Derja · preposition
“blech” (بلاش) is a preposition in Tunisian Derja meaning without, lacking.
Meanings
- without, lacking
- for free, for nothing
Usage
Blech is the usual preposition for "without" in Tunisian. It goes directly before the noun, with no article required: blech flous (without money), blech sbeb (without reason). It can also stand alone, meaning "for free" or "for nothing." It appears in the fixed expression "kif bih kif blech": with or without, it comes to the same thing, it's pointless. It belongs to everyday register. With a pronoun, minghir is used instead: minghirou, "without him."
Example
صفّق معايا كان تحس في روحك كي ال بيت بلاش سقف
saffa9 m3aya ken t7ess fi rou7ek kil bit blech s9aff
“Clap along with me if you feel like a house with no roof.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “blech” but also “blesh”, “blach” and “blèch”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.