በዓል

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *baʕl-. Related to Tigrinya በዓል (bäʿal).

Noun

በዓል • (bäʿal)

1. owner, paterfamilias, husband
2. the Phoenician god Baal

Noun

በዓል • (bäʿal) (plural በዓላት)

1. festival, feast day, feast, banquet

Declension

Declension of በዓል (bäʿal)

Number	State		Case
			nominative/genitive	accusative
singular	absolute		በዓል (bäʿal)	በዓለ (bäʿalä)
	construct		በዓለ (bäʿalä)
	With possessive pronouns	1s	በዓልየ (bäʿalyä)
		2ms	በዓልከ (bäʿalkä)	በዓለከ (bäʿaläkä)
		2fs	በዓልኪ (bäʿalki)	በዓለኪ (bäʿaläki)
		3ms	በዓሉ (bäʿalu)	በዓሎ (bäʿalo)
		3fs	በዓላ (bäʿala)
		1p	በዓልነ (bäʿalnä)	በዓለነ (bäʿalänä)
		2mp	በዓልክሙ (bäʿalkəmu)	በዓለክሙ (bäʿaläkmu)
		2fp	በዓልክን (bäʿalkən)	በዓለክን (bäʿaläkn)
		3mp	በዓሎሙ (bäʿalomu)
		3fp	በዓሎን (bäʿalon)
plural	absolute		በዓላት (bäʿalat)	በዓላተ (bäʿalatä)
	construct		በዓላተ (bäʿalatä)
	With possessive pronouns	1s	በዓላትየ (bäʿalatyä)
		2ms	በዓላቲከ (bäʿalatikä)
		2fs	በዓላትኪ (bäʿalatki); በዓላቲኪ (bäʿalatiki)
		3ms	በዓላቲሁ (bäʿalatihu)
		3fs	በዓላቲሃ (bäʿalatiha)
		1p	በዓላቲነ (bäʿalatinä)
		2mp	በዓላቲክሙ (bäʿalatikmu)
		2fp	በዓላቲክን (bäʿalatikn)
		3mp	በዓላቲሆሙ (bäʿalatihomu)
		3fp	በዓላቲሆን (bäʿalatihon)

Derived terms

1. በዓል ትክልት (bäʿal təkəlt, “fixed festival”)
2. በዓል ኢትክልት (bäʿal ʾitəkəlt, “movable festival”)
3. ኣብዓላ (ʾabʿala, “celebrate a festival”)
4. ታብዕላ (tabəʿla, “(of a festival) be celebrated”)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “በዓል”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN

Tigrinya

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *baʕl-.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: በ‧ዓል

Noun

በዓል • (bäʿal)

1. master
2. feast, festival, holiday, festivity