"bæl" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Old English]

IPA: /bæːl/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *bāl, from Proto-Germanic *bēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with Old Norse bál (whence Icelandic bál (“a fire; a conflagration”), Danish bål (“fire, bonfire, pyre”), Norwegian bål and Swedish bål (“pyre, bonfire”)). Further Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour”), Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, “white”) and Old Armenian բալ (bal, “fog”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*bāl}} Proto-West Germanic *bāl, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*bēlą}} Proto-Germanic *bēlą, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*bʰel-}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-, {{cog|non|bál}} Old Norse bál, {{cog|is|bál|t=a fire; a conflagration}} Icelandic bál (“a fire; a conflagration”), {{cog|da|bål|t=fire, bonfire, pyre}} Danish bål (“fire, bonfire, pyre”), {{cog|no|bål}} Norwegian bål, {{cog|sv|bål|t=pyre, bonfire}} Swedish bål (“pyre, bonfire”), {{cog|sa|भाल|t=splendour}} Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour”), {{cog|grc|φαλός|t=white}} Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, “white”), {{cog|xcl|բալ|t=fog}} Old Armenian բալ (bal, “fog”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|nominative plural|bǣl|||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=bǣl|head2=|sort=}} bǣl n (nominative plural bǣl), {{ang-noun|n|bǣl|head=bǣl}} bǣl n (nominative plural bǣl) Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|bǣl}}, {{ang-decl-noun|bǣl|bǣl|bǣl|bǣl|bǣles|bǣla|bǣle|bǣlum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: bǣl [canonical, neuter], bǣl [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bǣl [nominative, singular], bǣl [nominative, plural], bǣl [accusative, singular], bǣl [accusative, plural], bǣles [genitive, singular], bǣla [genitive, plural], bǣle [dative, singular], bǣlum [dative, plural]
  1. funeral pyre, bonfire
    Sense id: en-bæl-ang-noun-xhU8c5iD Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Death Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Death: 100 0
  2. fire, flame, blaze
    Sense id: en-bæl-ang-noun-4ZrkANDz Categories (other): Fire Disambiguation of Fire: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bǣlblæse, bǣlblys, bǣlegsa, bǣlfȳr, bǣlstede, bǣlþracu, bǣlwudu, bǣlwylm

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bǣlblæse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bǣlblys"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bǣlegsa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bǣlfȳr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bǣlstede"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bǣlþracu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bǣlwudu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bǣlwylm"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "bale"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: bale",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "possibly from Old Norse"
          },
          "expansion": "(possibly from Old Norse)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: bale (possibly from Old Norse)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "bale"
          },
          "expansion": "English: bale",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: bale"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*bāl"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *bāl",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*bēlą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bēlą",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰel-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "bál"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse bál",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "bál",
        "t": "a fire; a conflagration"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic bál (“a fire; a conflagration”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "bål",
        "t": "fire, bonfire, pyre"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish bål (“fire, bonfire, pyre”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "bål"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian bål",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "bål",
        "t": "pyre, bonfire"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish bål (“pyre, bonfire”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "भाल",
        "t": "splendour"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "φαλός",
        "t": "white"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, “white”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "բալ",
        "t": "fog"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian բալ (bal, “fog”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bǣl",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bǣl",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bǣl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bǣl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bǣl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bǣles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bǣla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bǣle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bǣlum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "nouns",
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        "4": "bǣl",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "bǣl",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "bǣl",
        "head": "bǣl"
      },
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    }
  ],
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        "1": "bǣl"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-n"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "bǣl",
        "2": "bǣl",
        "3": "bǣl",
        "4": "bǣl",
        "5": "bǣles",
        "6": "bǣla",
        "7": "bǣle",
        "8": "bǣlum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "96 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Death",
          "orig": "ang:Death",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "funeral pyre, bonfire"
      ],
      "id": "en-bæl-ang-noun-xhU8c5iD",
      "links": [
        [
          "pyre",
          "pyre"
        ],
        [
          "bonfire",
          "bonfire"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Fire",
          "orig": "ang:Fire",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fire, flame, blaze"
      ],
      "id": "en-bæl-ang-noun-4ZrkANDz",
      "links": [
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ],
        [
          "flame",
          "flame"
        ],
        [
          "blaze",
          "blaze"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bæːl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bæl"
}
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    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English neuter a-stem nouns",
    "Old English neuter nouns",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ang:Death",
    "ang:Fire"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bǣlblæse"
    },
    {
      "word": "bǣlblys"
    },
    {
      "word": "bǣlegsa"
    },
    {
      "word": "bǣlfȳr"
    },
    {
      "word": "bǣlstede"
    },
    {
      "word": "bǣlþracu"
    },
    {
      "word": "bǣlwudu"
    },
    {
      "word": "bǣlwylm"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "bale"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: bale",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "possibly from Old Norse"
          },
          "expansion": "(possibly from Old Norse)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: bale (possibly from Old Norse)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "bale"
          },
          "expansion": "English: bale",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: bale"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*bāl"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *bāl",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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        "3": "*bēlą"
      },
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        "1": "ang",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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        "1": "non",
        "2": "bál"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse bál",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "bál",
        "t": "a fire; a conflagration"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic bál (“a fire; a conflagration”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "bål",
        "t": "fire, bonfire, pyre"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish bål (“fire, bonfire, pyre”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "bål"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian bål",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "bål",
        "t": "pyre, bonfire"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish bål (“pyre, bonfire”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "भाल",
        "t": "splendour"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "φαλός",
        "t": "white"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, “white”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "բալ",
        "t": "fog"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian բալ (bal, “fog”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *bāl, from Proto-Germanic *bēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with Old Norse bál (whence Icelandic bál (“a fire; a conflagration”), Danish bål (“fire, bonfire, pyre”), Norwegian bål and Swedish bål (“pyre, bonfire”)). Further Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour”), Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, “white”) and Old Armenian բալ (bal, “fog”).",
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    {
      "form": "bǣl",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bǣl",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bǣl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bǣl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bǣl",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bǣl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bǣles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bǣla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bǣle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bǣlum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "bǣl",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
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        "2": "bǣl",
        "3": "bǣl",
        "4": "bǣl",
        "5": "bǣles",
        "6": "bǣla",
        "7": "bǣle",
        "8": "bǣlum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
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    }
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  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "funeral pyre, bonfire"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pyre",
          "pyre"
        ],
        [
          "bonfire",
          "bonfire"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fire, flame, blaze"
      ],
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        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ],
        [
          "flame",
          "flame"
        ],
        [
          "blaze",
          "blaze"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bæːl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bæl"
}

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