الحرب خلصت.

A common Levantine pronunciation is il-ḥarb khalṣet or el-ḥarb khalṣet.

A few sound notes:

• ح is a stronger, throatier h than in English.
• ص is an emphatic s.
• The exact vowels can vary from one Levantine region to another, so you may hear slightly different versions.

الـ is the definite article, meaning the.

So:

• حرب = war
• الحرب = the war

In Levantine, الـ is usually pronounced il- or el-. Here the l stays clear because ح is a moon letter, so there is no assimilation.

Because Arabic grammatical gender is not based only on spelling.

Many feminine nouns do end in ة, but not all of them. حرب is simply a feminine noun by convention, so other words in the sentence may agree with it as feminine.

This is normal in Arabic: a noun can be grammatically feminine even without the typical feminine ending.

Here خلصت is agreeing with الحرب, which is feminine singular.

That final -ت is the feminine singular ending in the perfect verb form. So the verb matches the subject:

• خلص = it ended / he finished with a masculine singular subject
• خلصت = it ended / she finished with a feminine singular subject

Since الحرب is feminine, you get خلصت.

It is the perfect form of the verb خلص.

In this sentence, it is 3rd person feminine singular, because it refers to الحرب.

So grammatically it means something like:

• it ended
• it finished
• it became over

In natural English, this is often translated as the war ended, the war has ended, or the war is over, depending on context.

The Arabic perfect mainly shows that the action is completed. Because of that, English can translate it in different ways depending on what sounds natural:

• The war ended
• The war has ended
• The war is over

So yes, even though the Arabic form is a past/perfect form, English may use either a simple past, present perfect, or even a present-state expression.

Yes, it is very common in Levantine.

خلص has a broad everyday meaning range, including:

• to finish
• to be finished
• to end
• to be over
• to run out

So in الحرب خلصت, it means the war ended / the war is over.

You will hear this verb in many situations, not just with wars or events. For example, it can also be used for work, school, food, money, time, and batteries.

Yes, both are possible.

• الحرب خلصت
• خلصت الحرب

In spoken Levantine, subject-first sentences like الحرب خلصت are very common and often feel natural and conversational. They can sound a bit like as for the war, it ended.

Verb-first order is also possible and may sound a little more like straightforward narration or reporting.

A basic negative form is:

الحرب ما خلصت

That means:

• The war didn’t end
• The war hasn’t ended

If you want not yet, you can say:

الحرب لسا ما خلصت
or
الحرب لِسّه ما خلصت

That means The war still hasn’t ended or The war isn’t over yet.

This is a very common learner question, because Arabic spelling without vowel marks can be ambiguous.

On its own, خلصت could represent different spoken forms depending on context and pronunciation. But in this sentence, the subject الحرب makes the meaning clear: it must be 3rd person feminine singular = it ended.

So even if the written form can look ambiguous by itself, the full sentence removes the ambiguity.

Yes. الحرب انتهت is also correct and natural.

The difference is mainly in style:

• الحرب خلصت sounds very everyday and conversational in Levantine.
• الحرب انتهت is also common, but can sound a bit closer to formal Arabic or more neutral/formal speech.

So if you are aiming for natural spoken Levantine, خلصت is an excellent choice.