bal
Translingual edit
Symbol edit
bal
Afrikaans edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Dutch bal, from Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.
Noun edit
bal (plural balle, diminutive balletjie)
- A ball (spherical object, used as a toy).
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Dutch bal, from French bal.
Noun edit
- A ball (formal dance event).
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Albanian *bala, cognate to Lithuanian bãlas (“white”), Latvian bàls (“pale”) and Greek (Hes.) φαλός λευκός (falós lefkós), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-.[1]
Noun edit
bal m (plural bala, definite bali, definite plural balat)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “bal”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 15
Azerbaijani edit
Cyrillic | бал | |
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Abjad | بال |
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”).
Noun edit
bal (definite accusative balı, plural ballar)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Russian балл (ball), from French balle (“voting ball”).
Noun edit
bal (definite accusative balı, plural ballar)
Etymology 3 edit
Borrowed from Russian бал (bal), from French bal, from Late Latin ballō.
Noun edit
bal (definite accusative balı, plural ballar)
Declension edit
Declension of bal | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | bal |
ballar | ||||||
definite accusative | balı |
balları | ||||||
dative | bala |
ballara | ||||||
locative | balda |
ballarda | ||||||
ablative | baldan |
ballardan | ||||||
definite genitive | balın |
balların |
Crimean Tatar edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”).
Noun edit
bal (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])
Declension edit
nominative | bal |
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genitive | balnıñ |
dative | balğa |
accusative | balnı |
locative | balda |
ablative | baldan |
References edit
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bal
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz. Doublet of baal.
Noun edit
bal m (plural ballen, diminutive balletje n)
- a ball or any object with such a shape
- De kinderen speelden met een rode bal in het park.
- The children played with a red ball in the park.
- De hond rende achter de bal aan en bracht hem terug naar zijn baasje.
- The dog chased after the ball and brought it back to its owner.
- De chef-kok gebruikte een speciale bal om gehaktballetjes te maken.
- The chef used a special ball to make meatballs.
- (informal) testicle, nut
- Hij kreeg een flinke trap tegen zijn ballen.
- He got a hard kick to his testicles.
- De jongens lachten om de grap over ballen.
- The boys laughed at the joke about nuts.
- Bij het ongeluk kreeg hij een harde klap op zijn ballen.
- He got a hard hit on his groin at the accident.
- (sports) pass, shot
- De voetballer gaf een perfecte bal naar zijn teamgenoot.
- The soccer player made a perfect pass to his teammate.
- Ze gaf een hoge bal naar voren om de aanval te beginnen.
- She sent a high pass forward to start the attack.
- (informal, derogatory) toff, posh person
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: bal
- → Caribbean Hindustani: bál
- → Caribbean Javanese: bal
- → Indonesian: bal
- → Papiamentu: bala, balchi
- → Saramaccan: balí
- → Sranan Tongo: bal
Etymology 2 edit
From French bal, from Late Latin ballare.
Noun edit
bal n (plural bals, diminutive balletje n)
- ball, dance party
- Er was een groot feest in de stad en iedereen was uitgenodigd voor het bal.
- There was a big party in the city, and everyone was invited to the ball.
- Het eindejaarsbal op school was een groot succes.
- The end-of-year dance party at school was a great success.
- Ze dansten de hele nacht door op het zomerse bal in het park.
- They danced all night at the summer ball in the park.
Descendants edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
bal
- inflection of ballen:
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French bal, deverbal of baller, from Late Latin ballare (“to dance”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bal m (plural bals)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “bal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Haitian Creole edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bal
Hausa edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bâl f (plural bàlā̀bàlai)
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
bal (not generally comparable, comparative balabb, superlative legbalabb)
- left
- Antonym: jobb
- bal kéz ― left hand
- a bal oldalon ― on the left side
- (figuratively) bad, unlucky
- (rare) left, left-wing (pertaining to the political left)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | bal | — |
accusative | balt | — |
dative | balnak | — |
instrumental | ballal | — |
causal-final | balért | — |
translative | ballá | — |
terminative | balig | — |
essive-formal | balként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | balban | — |
superessive | balon | — |
adessive | balnál | — |
illative | balba | — |
sublative | balra | — |
allative | balhoz | — |
elative | balból | — |
delative | balról | — |
ablative | baltól | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
balé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
baléi | — |
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- bal in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- bal in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
Indonesian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Dutch bal (“ball”), from Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bal (first-person possessive balku, second-person possessive balmu, third-person possessive balnya)
- (colloquial) ball, a solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
- Synonym: bola
Etymology 2 edit
From Dutch baal, from Middle Dutch bale, from Old French bale.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bal (first-person possessive balku, second-person possessive balmu, third-person possessive balnya)
- bale, a rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.
- A closed bag or package of wares.
Further reading edit
- “bal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Karaim edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *bạl.
Noun edit
bal
References edit
- N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “bal”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN
Limburgish edit
Alternative forms edit
- bol, ból, baol (some dialects, mainly in West-Limburg, sense 1, 2, and 3)
- baal
- Ball (Eupen, Krefeld)
- Balle (Eupen)
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bal m (plural balle or bel, diminutive belke or belsje)
- (most dialects) ball (round or roundish object, most commonly used in games)
- (most dialects, informal) testicle, nut
- (most dialects, anatomy) ball (of the hand or foot)
- (most dialects, chiefly in the negative) anything
- Heer snap dao geinen bal vaanaof. (Maastrichtian)
- He doesn't understand anything.
Declension edit
Singular | Plural | |||||||
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Root | Mutation | Diminutive | Diminutive Mutation | Root | Mutation | Diminutive | Diminutive Mutation | |
Nominative | bal | pal | belke | pelke | bel | pel | belker | pelker |
Genitive | bals | pals | belkes | pelkes | bel | pel | belker | pelker |
Locative | balles | palles | balleske | palleske | ballese | pallese | balleskes | palleskes |
Dative | ballem (archaic) | pallem (archaic) | belkem (archaic) | pelkem (archaic) | bel | pel | belker | pelker |
Accusative | balle (archaic) | palle (archaic) | belke | pelke | bel | pel | belker | pelker |
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German balde, from Old High German baldo, adverb of bald, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with German bald, Dutch boud, English bold.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
bal
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.
Noun edit
bal m
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “bal (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bal”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old English *beall, from Proto-West Germanic *ballu, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bal (plural balles)
- A ball (an object of spherical shape)
- A rounded or spherical lump or bump, especially in medical terminology; a boil.
- A ball used in sports or other entertainment.
- The eyeball; the eye viewed as a spherical object.
- A sport with a ball as a key component of play.
- One's head (top part of one's body)
- A projectile resembling a ball in form
- (rare) A node of muscles supporting the fingers or toes.
- (rare) A ball-shaped container or box.
- (rare, vulgar) One's testes (compare to the much more frequent Modern English sense)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “bal, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.
North Wahgi edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bal
References edit
- Heather and Don Mc Lean, North Wahgi (Yu We) Organised Phonology Data (2005), p. 2
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From the verb bala.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bal n (definite singular balet, uncountable)
- bother, fuss, trouble (annoying, difficult or stressful activity)
- Det blir berre bal om me prøvar å gjera det no.
- It will only cause bother if we try to do that now.
Further reading edit
- “bal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle High German balle. First attested in 1481.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bal m animacy unattested
- bale (rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation)
- 1890 [1481], Adam Chmiel, editor, Zbiór dokumentów znajdujących się w Bibliotece hr. Przezdzieckich w Warszawie[2], page 41:
- Telam aut his similia ulna extra cameras mercimoniorum vendere audeant, preter... barchanum..., et telam stamine al. palem dumtaxat quilibet extra cameras predictas vendat
- [Telam aut his similia ulna extra cameras mercimoniorum vendere audeant, preter... barchanum..., et telam stamine al. balem dumtaxat quilibet extra cameras predictas vendat]
Descendants edit
- Polish: bal
References edit
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “bal”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from French bal,[1] from Late Latin ballare (“to dance”).
Noun edit
bal m inan (diminutive balik)
- ball (formal dance)
- Hypernyms: see Thesaurus:impreza
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from German Balken or Baal.[1]
Noun edit
bal m inan
Declension edit
Etymology 3 edit
Inherited from Old Polish bal, from Middle High German balle.
Noun edit
bal m inan
- bale (rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation, ten reams)
Declension edit
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “bal”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
Further reading edit
Romagnol edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin ballāre (“dance”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bal m (plural bël)
Romani edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (vāla), from Sanskrit वाल (vāla). Cognate with Hindi बाल (bāl), Punjabi ਵਾਲ (vāl, “hair”).
Noun edit
bal m (nominative plural bala)
- a single hair
- (in the plural) hair
- 2002 July, Milena Hübschmannová, “Origin of Roma”, in ROMBASE Cultural Database[3], archived from the original on 2014-10-27:
- mire bala kale hin
- My hair is black
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Kalo Finnish Romani: baalo
References edit
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vāˊla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 675
- Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “bal”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 18
- Yaron Matras (2002), “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction[4], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 40
- Marcel Courthiade (2009), “o bal, -es- m. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, pages 71-72
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
bal n (plural baluri)
- ball (party)
Declension edit
Romansch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French bal, from Late Latin ballare.
Noun edit
bal m (plural bals)
- ball (formal dance)
Salar edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *bạl. Compare to Kazakh бал (bal), etc.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bal (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “pal”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 435
- 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985), “bal”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 7
- 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2014), “bal”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader], 1st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 (Social Science Literature Press), →ISBN, page 17
- Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “bal”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 32
- Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “bal”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 54
San Juan Guelavía Zapotec edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Zapotec *kwella(k).
Noun edit
bal
References edit
- López Antonio, Joaquín; Jones, Ted; Jones, Kris (2012) Vocabulario breve del Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía[5] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 13, 25
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
bal m (Cyrillic spelling бал)
- ball (dance)
Southern Kam edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bal
Sumerian edit
Romanization edit
bal
- Romanization of 𒁄 (bal)
Swedish edit
Noun edit
bal c
Declension edit
Declension of bal 1 | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | bal | balen | balar | balarna |
Genitive | bals | balens | balars | balarnas |
Declension of bal | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | bal | balen | baler | balerna |
Genitive | bals | balens | balers | balernas |
Related terms edit
- bale
- ball
References edit
Anagrams edit
Tatar edit
Noun edit
bal
Tübatulabal edit
Noun edit
bal
- Alternative spelling of pa·l
References edit
- Kroeber, Shoshonean Dialects of California, in University of California Publications: American archaeology and ethnology, volume 4, page 81
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish بال, from Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bal (definite accusative balı, plural ballar)
Declension edit
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Nominative | bal | ballar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | balı | balları | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | bala | ballara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | balda | ballarda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | baldan | ballardan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | balın | balların | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
Turkmen edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”).
Noun edit
bal (definite accusative baly, plural ballar)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Volapük edit
1 | 2 > | |
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Cardinal : bal Ordinal : balid Adverbial : balna | ||
Numeral edit
bal
Derived terms edit
Wolof edit
Noun edit
bal (definite form bal bi)
References edit
Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN
Zaniza Zapotec edit
Noun edit
bal