See bálam on Wiktionary
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"source": "inflection",
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]
},
{
"form": "bálaybʰyā",
"source": "inflection",
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]
},
{
"form": "bálaybʰyām",
"source": "inflection",
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]
},
{
"form": "bálāyš",
"source": "inflection",
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"instrumental",
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]
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"form": "bálāt",
"source": "inflection",
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]
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"form": "bálaybʰyā",
"source": "inflection",
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"ablative",
"dual"
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"form": "bálaybʰyām",
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"dual"
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"source": "inflection",
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]
},
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"form": "bálāy",
"source": "inflection",
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]
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"source": "inflection",
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"source": "inflection",
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"dual"
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"form": "bálaybʰyas",
"source": "inflection",
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"dative",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "bálasya",
"source": "inflection",
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"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "inflection",
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},
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"form": "bálānaHam",
"source": "inflection",
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "bálay",
"source": "inflection",
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"locative",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "bálayaw",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
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"form": "bálayšu",
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"plural"
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},
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"source": "inflection",
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{
"form": "bálam",
"source": "inflection",
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bálay",
"source": "inflection",
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},
{
"form": "bálaH",
"source": "inflection",
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"form": "bálay",
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"form": "bálam",
"source": "inflection",
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"singular"
]
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"form": "bálay",
"source": "inflection",
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"form": "bálaH",
"source": "inflection",
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"plural"
]
},
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"form": "bálaH",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bálaybʰyā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "bálaybʰyām",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "bálāyš",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bálāt",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bálaybʰyā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "bálaybʰyām",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "bálaybʰyas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bálāy",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bálaybʰyā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "bálaybʰyām",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "bálaybʰyas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bálasya",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bálayās",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
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]
},
{
"form": "bálānaHam",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bálay",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bálayaw",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "bálayšu",
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"locative",
"plural"
]
}
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"Proto-Indo-Iranian nouns",
"Proto-Indo-Iranian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Proto-Indo-Iranian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bel-",
"Proto-Indo-Iranian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European"
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}
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