bal
TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
bal
AfrikaansEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Dutch bal, from Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.
NounEdit
bal (plural balle, diminutive balletjie)
- A ball (spherical object, used as a toy).
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Dutch bal, from French bal.
NounEdit
- A ball (formal dance event).
AlbanianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
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]
NounEdit
bal m (indefinite plural bala, definite singular bali, definite plural balat)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “bal”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 15
AzerbaijaniEdit
Cyrillic | бал | |
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Perso-Arabic | بال |
Etymology 1Edit
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bal (definite accusative balı, plural ballar)
DeclensionEdit
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 |
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Russian балл (ball), from French balle (“voting ball”).
NounEdit
bal (definite accusative balı, plural ballar)
Etymology 3Edit
Borrowed from Russian бал (bal), from French bal, from Late Latin ballō.
NounEdit
bal (definite accusative balı, plural ballar)
Crimean TatarEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”).
NounEdit
bal
DeclensionEdit
nominative | bal |
---|---|
genitive | balnıñ |
dative | balğa |
accusative | balnı |
locative | balda |
ablative | baldan |
ReferencesEdit
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary][2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
bal
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz. Doublet of baal.
NounEdit
bal m (plural ballen, diminutive balletje n)
- a ball or any object with such a shape
- (informal) testicle, nut
- (sports) pass, shot
- Lekker balletje! ― Nice pass/shot!
- (informal, derogatory) toff, posh person
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Afrikaans: bal
- → Caribbean Hindustani: bál
- → Caribbean Javanese: bal
- → Indonesian: bal
- → Papiamentu: bala, balchi
- → Saramaccan: balí
- → Sranan Tongo: bal
Etymology 2Edit
From French bal, from Late Latin ballare.
NounEdit
bal n (plural bals, diminutive balletje n)
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
bal
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French bal, deverbal of baller, from Late Latin ballare (“to dance”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bal m (plural bals)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “bal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Haitian CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
bal
HausaEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bâl f (plural bàlā̀bàlai)
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
bal (not generally comparable, comparative balabb, superlative legbalabb)
- left
- bal kéz ― left hand
- a bal oldalon ― on the left side
- Antonym: jobb
- (figuratively) bad, unlucky
DeclensionEdit
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 termsEdit
- balcsillagzat
- balegyenes
- baleset
- balfasz
- balfácán
- balfelé
- balfelől
- balfenéken
- balfék
- balfogás
- balfóka
- balhátvéd
- balhiedelem
- balhit
- balítélet
- baljós
- balkezes → kétbalkezes
- balközép
- ballépés
- baloldal → baloldali → baloldaliság
- balösszekötő
- balsejtelem
- balsiker
- balsors
- balszárny
- balszerencse
- balszélső
- balvégzet
- kétballábas
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- bal in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). 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 2023)
IndonesianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Dutch bal (“ball”), from Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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 2Edit
From Dutch baal, from Middle Dutch bale, from Old French bale.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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 readingEdit
- “bal” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
LimburgishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- bol, ból, baol (some dialects, mainly in West-Limburg, sense 1, 2, and 3)
- baal
- Ball (Eupen, Krefeld)
- Balle (Eupen)
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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.
DeclensionEdit
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 |
LuxembourgishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
bal
Middle DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.
NounEdit
bal m
InflectionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “bal (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bal”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Old English *beall, from Proto-West Germanic *ballu, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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 termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “bal, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.
North WahgiEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bal
ReferencesEdit
- Heather and Don Mc Lean, North Wahgi (Yu We) Organised Phonology Data (2005), p. 2
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the verb bala.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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.
- Det blir berre bal om me prøvar å gjera det no.
Further readingEdit
- “bal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Middle High German balle. First attested in 1481.
NounEdit
bal m
- bale (rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation)
DeclensionEdit
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | — | — | — |
genitive | — | — | — |
dative | — | — | — |
accusative | — | — | — |
instrumental | balem | — | — |
locative | — | — | — |
vocative | — | — | — |
DescendantsEdit
- Polish: bal
ReferencesEdit
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “bal”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from French bal,[1] from Late Latin ballare (“to dance”).
NounEdit
bal m inan (diminutive balik)
- ball (formal dance)
- Hypernyms: see Thesaurus:impreza
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from German Balken or Baal.[1]
NounEdit
bal m inan
DeclensionEdit
Etymology 3Edit
Inherited from Old Polish bal, from Middle High German balle. First attested in 1481.[2]
NounEdit
bal m inan
- bale (rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation, ten reams)
DeclensionEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Andrzej Bańkowski (2000) Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego[1] (in Polish)
- ^ B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “bal”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Further readingEdit
- bal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- bal in Polish dictionaries at PWN
RomagnolEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Late Latin ballāre (“dance”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bal m (plural bël)
RomaniEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (vāla), from Sanskrit वाल (vāla). Cognate with Hindi बाल (bāl), Punjabi ਵਾਲ (vāl, “hair”).
NounEdit
bal m (nominative plural bala)
- a single hair
- (in the plural) hair
- 2002 July 1, 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 termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Kalo Finnish Romani: baalo
ReferencesEdit
- 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
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
bal n (plural baluri)
- ball (party)
DeclensionEdit
RomanschEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French bal, from Late Latin ballare.
NounEdit
bal m (plural bals)
- ball (formal dance)
SalarEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Turkic *bạl. Compare to Kazakh бал (bal), etc.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bal (3rd person possessive {{{1}}}, plural {{{2}}})
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “pal”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow: Nauka, 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 17467570, 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 ZapotecEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Zapotec *kwella(k).
NounEdit
bal
ReferencesEdit
- 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-CroatianEdit
NounEdit
bal m (Cyrillic spelling бал)
- ball (dance)
Southern KamEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bal
SumerianEdit
RomanizationEdit
bal
- Romanization of 𒁄 (bal)
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
bal c
DeclensionEdit
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 termsEdit
- bale
- ball
ReferencesEdit
AnagramsEdit
TatarEdit
NounEdit
bal
TübatulabalEdit
NounEdit
bal
- Alternative spelling of pa·l
ReferencesEdit
- Kroeber, Shoshonean Dialects of California, in University of California Publications: American archaeology and ethnology, volume 4, page 81
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ottoman Turkish بال, from Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bal (definite accusative balı, plural ballar)
DeclensionEdit
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Nominative | bal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | balı | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 termsEdit
TurkmenEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”).
NounEdit
bal (definite accusative baly, plural ballar)
VolapükEdit
1 | 2 > | |
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Cardinal : bal Ordinal : balid Adverbial : balna | ||
NumeralEdit
bal
Derived termsEdit
- balam, balamovik
- balan
- balat, balatam, balatik, balato
- baläd, balädön, balädam, balädü
- baläl, balälik
- balid, balido
- balik, baliko
- balil
- balion, balionan, balionat
- balna, balnaik
- balo
- balön
- balug, balugön
- balüd
- balüf
- balüm
- balyim
WolofEdit
NounEdit
bal (definite form bal bi)
ReferencesEdit
Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN
Zaniza ZapotecEdit
NounEdit
bal