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Questions & Answers about البطولة بلشت اليوم.
What does بلشت mean here?
بلشت is the Levantine past-tense form of the verb بلّش / يبلّش, which means to start / to begin.
In this sentence, it means started.
A useful comparison:
- Levantine: بلشت
- Formal / MSA equivalent: بدأت
So this is a very everyday, spoken-Levantine way to say that something began.
Why is it بلشت and not بلش?
Because البطولة is a feminine singular noun, and the verb agrees with it.
Since بطولة ends in ـة, it is grammatically feminine. So the verb takes the feminine past form:
- بلش = he started
- بلشت = she/it started
Here, البطولة is the subject, so بلشت means it started referring to the championship/tournament.
Could بلشت also mean I started?
Yes. In Levantine, بلشت can mean either:
- I started
- she started
- it started (for a feminine noun)
The context tells you which one is meant.
In this sentence, because you already have البطولة as the subject, the meaning is clearly .