balla

See also: Balla and ballà

English

Alternative forms

Noun

balla (plural ballas)

  1. (nonstandard, slang) One who is a superior ball player (usually basketball).
    Wow! This guy's a serious balla; he's gonna go pro.

Catalan

Verb

balla

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of ballar
  2. second-person singular imperative form of ballar

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German valle, from Old High German falla, from fallan (“to fall”). Cognate with German Falle.

Noun

balla f (plural balln)

  1. (Sette Comuni) trap
    De maus is gasnappet untar de balla.
    The mouse is caught in the trap.

Declension
Declension of balla – 6th declension
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative an de balla de balln
accusative an de balla de balln
dative anara dar balln in balln

References
  • “balla” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Faroese

Verb

balla (third person singular past indicative ballaði, third person plural past indicative ballað, supine ballað)

  1. to wrap

Conjugation
   Conjugation of balla
v-30
infinitive balla
present participle ballandi
past participle a6 ballaður
supine ballað
number singular plural
person first second third all
indicative eg tú hann/hon/tað vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present balli ballar ballar balla
past ballaði ballaði ballaði ballaðu
imperative – tú – tit
present — balla! — ballið!

French

Pronunciation

Verb

balla

  1. third-person singular past historic of baller

Icelandic

Noun

balla

  1. indefinite genitive plural of böllur

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English wall, from Old English weall (“wall, dike”), from Proto-Germanic *wallaz, *wallą (“wall, rampart, entrenchment”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, entrenchment, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, roll”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbˠal̪ˠə/
  • (West Muskerry) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɑl̪ˠə/

Noun

balla m (genitive singular balla, nominative plural ballaí)

  1. wall

Declension
Declension of balla

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative balla ballaí
Vocative a bhalla a bhallaí
Genitive balla ballaí
Dative balla ballaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an balla na ballaí
Genitive an bhalla na mballaí
Dative leis an mballa

don bhalla

 leis na ballaí

Derived terms
  • balla adóibe (“adobe wall”)
  • balla beag (“bed-wall”) (in old houses)
  • balla brící (“brick wall”)
  • ballachlár (“wallboard”)
  • balla cloiche (“stone wall”)
  • balla fód (“earthen wall”)
  • balla fuar (“dry, unmortared, wall”)
  • balla istigh (“inner wall; inner side of wall”)
  • balla mór (“main wall”)
  • balla taca (“breast-wall”)
  • ceannbhalla (“headwall; hanging wall”)
  • cúlbhalla (“back wall”)
  • donnóg an bhalla (“wall brown”)
  • frithbhalla (“counterscarp”)
  • idirbhalla (“party wall”)
  • páipéar balla (“wallpaper”)
  • taobh-bhalla (“side-wall”)
  • uchtbhalla (“parapet”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
balla bhalla mballa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Italian

Etymology 1

Uncertain.

Both etymologies ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ballô, *balluz (“ball”). Doublet of palla.

Noun

balla f (plural balle)

  1. large bundle, torsello, bale, reap
    Synonyms: fagotto, fardello
  2. falsehood, lie, malarkey
    Synonyms: bugia, frottola, fandonia
  3. (vulgar, especially in the plural) testicle, bollock
    Synonyms: palla, coglione
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

balla

  1. third-person singular present indicative of ballare
  2. second-person singular imperative of ballare

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

balla n pl

  1. definite plural of ball (Etymology 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

balla n pl

  1. definite plural of ball (Etymology 2)

Romansch

Noun

balla f (plural ballas)

  1. (sports, Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) ball

Synonyms

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpaɫ̪ə/

Noun

balla m (genitive singular balla, plural ballachan)

  1. (architecture) wall

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
ballabhalla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Swedish

Adjective

balla

  1. absolute singular definite and plural form of ball.

See also
  • balla ur
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