بالي

See also: بالى, تالی, تألي, and بالی

Arabic

Verb

بَالِي • (bālī) (form III)

1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of بَالَى (bālā)

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بالي (common informal pronunciation of بالٍ (bālin)), from the verb بَلِيَ (baliya, “to wear out, to attrit”).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑː.li/

Noun

بالي • (bāli) m or f (plural بالنا (bālna))

1. بال (bāl, “mind, thinking, attention”)+ـي (-i, “first person singular possessive affix”): my mind, my thinking, my attention

   بالي راح بعيد ― bāli rāḥ bʕīd ― I was thinking of matters unrelated to what was said (literally, “my mind went far (away)”)

Adjective

بالي • (bāli) (feminine بالْية (bālya))

1. untidy, unclean, in bad shape

   Synonyms: مبهذل (mbahḏal), معفس (mʕaffas)

   Synonyms: مرتب (mrattab), چيك (čīk)