bal

See also: ball, BAL, Bal, Ball, bál, băl, bål, and bæl

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bala, cognate to Lithuanian bãlas (white), Latvian bàls (pale) and Greek (Hes.) φαλός λευκός (falós lefkós)[1].

Noun

bal m (indefinite plural bala, definite singular bali, definite plural balat)

  1. dog or goat (with a white spot on the forehead)

Derived terms

  • balosh

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, page 15

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic бал
Roman bal
Perso-Arabic بال

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bạl (honey).

Noun

bal (definite accusative balı, plural ballar)

  1. honey

Declension


Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bạl (honey).

Noun

bal

  1. honey, mead
  2. ball, dance party

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑl/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: bal
  • Rhymes: -ɑl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

Noun

bal m (plural ballen, diminutive balletje n)

  1. a ball or any object with such a shape
  2. (informal) testicle, nut
  3. (sports) pass, shot
    Lekker balletje!Nice pass/shot!
  4. (informal, derogatory) toff, posh person
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From French bal, from Late Latin ballare.

Noun

bal n (plural bals, diminutive balletje n)

  1. ball, dance party

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

bal

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ballen
  2. imperative of ballen

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bal/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Noun

bal m (plural bals)

  1. dance party, ball

Further reading


Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English ball.

Noun

bâl f (plural bàlā̀bàlai)

  1. ball

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɒl]
  • (file)

Adjective

bal (comparative balabb, superlative legbalabb)

  1. left
    bal kézleft hand
    a bal oldalonon the left side

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
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

Antonyms

Derived terms

Compound words
Expressions

Luxembourgish

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /baːl/
    • Rhymes: -aːl
    • Homophone: Bal

Adverb

bal

  1. nearly, almost
  2. soon

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

Noun

bal m

  1. ball (round object), sphere
  2. something worthless

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • bal (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • bal”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English *beall, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bal/

Noun

bal (plural balles)

  1. A ball (an object of spherical shape)
  2. A rounded or spherical lump or bump, especially in medical terminology; a boil.
  3. A ball used in sports or other entertainment.
  4. The eyeball; the eye viewed as a spherical object.
  5. A sport with a ball as a key component of play.
  6. One's head (top part of one's body)
  7. A projectile resembling a ball in form
  8. (rare) A node of muscles supporting the fingers or toes.
  9. (rare) A ball-shaped container or box.
  10. (rare, vulgar) One's testes (compare to the much more frequent Modern English sense)

Descendants

References


North Wahgi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ᵐbɑl/

Noun

bal

  1. fish

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb bala.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑːl/

Noun

bal n (definite singular balet, uncountable)

  1. 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


Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bal/

Noun

bal m inan

  1. ball (formal dance)

Declension

Noun

bal m inan

  1. log (large cut piece of wood)

Declension

Further reading

  • bal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romani

Etymology

Cognate with Hindi बाल (bāl), Punjabi ਵਾਲ (vāl, hair).

Noun

bal m (plural bal)

  1. a single hair
  2. (in the plural) hair

Romansch

Etymology

Borrowed from French bal, from Late Latin ballare.

Noun

bal m (plural bals)

  1. ball (formal dance)

San Juan Guelavía Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *kwella(k).

Noun

bal

  1. fire

References

  • López Antonio, Joaquín; Jones, Ted; Jones, Kris (2012) Vocabulario breve del Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 13, 25

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bal m (Cyrillic spelling бал)

  1. ball (dance)

Southern Kam

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa⁵⁵/

Noun

bal

  1. fish

Swedish

Noun

bal c

  1. bale, bundle (big packet of things)
  2. Formal gathering for dance, ball

Declension

Declension of bal 1
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bal balen balar balarna
Genitive bals balens balars balarnas
Declension of bal 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bal balen baler balerna
Genitive bals balens balers balernas
bale
  • bala
  • balning
  • balpress
  • halmbal
  • höbal
  • pappersbal
ball
  • baldrottning
  • balett
  • balklänning
  • balsal
  • maskeradbal
  • operabal

References


Tatar

Noun

bal

  1. honey

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bạl (honey).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑɫ/

Noun

bal (definite accusative balı, plural ballar)

  1. honey

Declension

Inflection
Nominative bal
Definite accusative balı
Singular Plural
Nominative bal ballar
Definite accusative balı balları
Dative bala ballara
Locative balda ballarda
Ablative baldan ballardan
Genitive balın balların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular balım ballarım
2nd singular balın balların
3rd singular balı balları
1st plural balımız ballarımız
2nd plural balınız ballarınız
3rd plural balları balları

Derived terms


Turkmen

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bạl (honey).

Noun

bal (definite accusative baly, plural ballar)

  1. honey

Tübatulabal

Noun

bal

  1. Alternative spelling of pa·l

References

  • Kroeber, Shoshonean Dialects of California, in University of California Publications: American archaeology and ethnology, volume 4, page 81

Volapük

Volapük cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : bal
    Ordinal : balid
    Adverbial : balna

Numeral

bal

  1. one

Derived terms

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