بلاعة

See also: بلاغة

Arabic

Root
ب ل ع (b-l-ʕ)

Alternative forms

• بَلُّوعَة (ballūʕa), بَالُوعَة (bālūʕa)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bal.laː.ʕa/

Noun

بَلَّاعَة • (ballāʕa) f (plural بَلَّاعَات (ballāʕāt) or بَلَالِيع (balālīʕ))

1. sinkhole, drain, sewer

Declension

Declension of noun بَلَّاعَة (ballāʕa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَلَّاعَة ballāʕa	الْبَلَّاعَة al-ballāʕa	بَلَّاعَة ballāʕat
Nominative	بَلَّاعَةٌ ballāʕatun	الْبَلَّاعَةُ al-ballāʕatu	بَلَّاعَةُ ballāʕatu
Accusative	بَلَّاعَةً ballāʕatan	الْبَلَّاعَةَ al-ballāʕata	بَلَّاعَةَ ballāʕata
Genitive	بَلَّاعَةٍ ballāʕatin	الْبَلَّاعَةِ al-ballāʕati	بَلَّاعَةِ ballāʕati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَلَّاعَتَيْن ballāʕatayn	الْبَلَّاعَتَيْن al-ballāʕatayn	بَلَّاعَتَيْ ballāʕatay
Nominative	بَلَّاعَتَانِ ballāʕatāni	الْبَلَّاعَتَانِ al-ballāʕatāni	بَلَّاعَتَا ballāʕatā
Accusative	بَلَّاعَتَيْنِ ballāʕatayni	الْبَلَّاعَتَيْنِ al-ballāʕatayni	بَلَّاعَتَيْ ballāʕatay
Genitive	بَلَّاعَتَيْنِ ballāʕatayni	الْبَلَّاعَتَيْنِ al-ballāʕatayni	بَلَّاعَتَيْ ballāʕatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَلَّاعَات‎; بَلَالِيع ballāʕāt‎; balālīʕ	الْبَلَّاعَات‎; الْبَلَالِيع al-ballāʕāt‎; al-balālīʕ	بَلَّاعَات‎; بَلَالِيع ballāʕāt‎; balālīʕ
Nominative	بَلَّاعَاتٌ‎; بَلَالِيعُ ballāʕātun‎; balālīʕu	الْبَلَّاعَاتُ‎; الْبَلَالِيعُ al-ballāʕātu‎; al-balālīʕu	بَلَّاعَاتُ‎; بَلَالِيعُ ballāʕātu‎; balālīʕu
Accusative	بَلَّاعَاتٍ‎; بَلَالِيعَ ballāʕātin‎; balālīʕa	الْبَلَّاعَاتِ‎; الْبَلَالِيعَ al-ballāʕāti‎; al-balālīʕa	بَلَّاعَاتِ‎; بَلَالِيعَ ballāʕāti‎; balālīʕa
Genitive	بَلَّاعَاتٍ‎; بَلَالِيعَ ballāʕātin‎; balālīʕa	الْبَلَّاعَاتِ‎; الْبَلَالِيعِ al-ballāʕāti‎; al-balālīʕi	بَلَّاعَاتِ‎; بَلَالِيعِ ballāʕāti‎; balālīʕi

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “بلاعة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 112
• Freytag, Georg (1830) “بلاعة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 153
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “بلاعة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 250
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “بلاعة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 109

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ب ل ع
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic بَلَّاعة (ballāʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bul.laː.ʕa/, [bʊl.laː.ʕa]

Noun

بلاعة • (bullāʕa) f (construct state بُلاَّعَةْ (bullāʕat), plural بُلَّاعات (bullāʕāt) or بلاليع (balālīʕ))

1. drain, sewer

See also

• بَيَّارة (bayyāra, “manhole, street sewer”)