See also: बल, बाळ, and बीळ

Marathi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit बल (bala), from Proto-Indo-European *bel- (power, strength). Cognate with Hindi बल (bal).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

बळ (baḷn

  1. strength
    Synonyms: जोर (j̈or), ताकद (tākad), शक्ती (śaktī)
    एकीचे बळ
    ekīċe baḷ
    The strength of unity

Declension edit

Declension of बळ (neut cons-stem)
direct
singular
बळ
baḷ
direct
plural
बळे, बळं
baḷe, baḷa
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
बळ
baḷ
बळे, बळं
baḷe, baḷa
oblique
सामान्यरूप
बळा
baḷā
बळां-
baḷān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
बळाला
baḷālā
बळांना
baḷānnā
ergative बळाने, बळानं
baḷāne, baḷāna
बळांनी
baḷānnī
instrumental बळाशी
baḷāśī
बळांशी
baḷānśī
locative
सप्तमी
बळात
baḷāt
बळांत
baḷāt
vocative
संबोधन
बळा
baḷā
बळांनो
baḷānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of बळ (neut cons-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
बळाचा
baḷāċā
बळाचे
baḷāċe
बळाची
baḷācī
बळाच्या
baḷācā
बळाचे, बळाचं
baḷāċe, baḷāċa
बळाची
baḷācī
बळाच्या
baḷācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
बळांचा
baḷānċā
बळांचे
baḷānċe
बळांची
baḷāñcī
बळांच्या
baḷāncā
बळांचे, बळांचं
baḷānċe, baḷānċa
बळांची
baḷāñcī
बळांच्या
baḷāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References edit

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “बळ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “बळ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “बळ”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press