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Adjective [Latvian]

IPA: [bāːls] Audio: lv-riga-bāls.ogg
Etymology: Originally a parallel form to an older adjective *bals (which disappeared probably because of homophony with balss “voice,” but left related terms like the verbs balot, balēt “to bleach, to fade,” balināt “to whiten, to blanch”), from the same source as the adjective balts (“white”) (q.v.). Note that the long/short parallel forms apparently reflect an older state of affairs: alongside Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny, white”), the source of *bals and balts, there was also *bʰa- (< *bʰeh₂-), from which Proto-Baltic *bāl- and Latvian bāls. The original meaning was probably wider (closer to “white”), but the co-existence with balts restricted it to its current range. Etymology templates: {{uder|lv|ine-pro|*bʰel-||shiny, white}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny, white”), {{uder|lv|bat-pro|*bāl-}} Proto-Baltic *bāl-, {{cog|lv|bāls}} Latvian bāls Head templates: {{head|lv|adjective|||definite|bālais|comparative|bālāks|superlative|visbālākais|adverb|bāli|cat2=|cat3=}} bāls (definite bālais, comparative bālāks, superlative visbālākais, adverb bāli), {{lv-adj|bāl}} bāls (definite bālais, comparative bālāks, superlative visbālākais, adverb bāli) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-adj|bāl|extrawidth=-100}} Forms: bālais [definite], bālāks [comparative], visbālākais [superlative], bāli [adverb], no-table-tags [table-tags], bāls [indefinite, masculine, nominative, singular], bāli [indefinite, masculine, nominative, plural], bāla [feminine, indefinite, nominative, singular], bālas [feminine, indefinite, nominative, plural], bālu [accusative, indefinite, masculine, singular], bālus [accusative, indefinite, masculine, plural], bālu [accusative, feminine, indefinite, singular], bālas [accusative, feminine, indefinite, plural], bāla [genitive, indefinite, masculine, singular], bālu [genitive, indefinite, masculine, plural], bālas [feminine, genitive, indefinite, singular], bālu [feminine, genitive, indefinite, plural], bālam [dative, indefinite, masculine, singular], bāliem [dative, indefinite, masculine, plural], bālai [dative, feminine, indefinite, singular], bālām [dative, feminine, indefinite, plural], bālu [indefinite, instrumental, masculine, singular], bāliem [indefinite, instrumental, masculine, plural], bālu [feminine, indefinite, instrumental, singular], bālām [feminine, indefinite, instrumental, plural], bālā [indefinite, locative, masculine, singular], bālos [indefinite, locative, masculine, plural], bālā [feminine, indefinite, locative, singular], bālās [feminine, indefinite, locative, plural], - [indefinite, masculine, singular, vocative], - [indefinite, masculine, plural, vocative], - [feminine, indefinite, singular, vocative], - [feminine, indefinite, plural, vocative]
  1. (of people) pale (with lighter, whiter color on the face or skin than normal; without redness; also, implicitly, unhealthy)
    Sense id: en-bāls-lv-adj-jDqeKeQ9 Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian etymologies from LEV, Latvian undefined derivations, Latvian words with level intonation, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 59 12 17 12 Disambiguation of Latvian etymologies from LEV: 54 9 18 19 Disambiguation of Latvian undefined derivations: 59 8 21 12 Disambiguation of Latvian words with level intonation: 36 18 22 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 18 30 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 10 10 8
  2. pale, light (not having brightness, not having bright colors)
    Sense id: en-bāls-lv-adj-~wilr3Bi
  3. pale, dim, dull, faint (without brightness) Synonyms (of "dim, dull, faint"): blāvs, krēslains
    Sense id: en-bāls-lv-adj-uNzy5UOM Disambiguation of 'of "dim, dull, faint"': 4 4 87 4
  4. (usually of works of art) weak, poor, not interesting (without bright, interesting features) Tags: usually
    Sense id: en-bāls-lv-adj-~ZItDka8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (of "pale, light"): gaišs Derived forms: bālā mušmire, balēt, bālēt, balot, bālgans, bālums
Disambiguation of 'of "pale, light"': 30 34 34 2

Inflected forms

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        {
          "english": "the patient has a pale face",
          "text": "slimniekam ir bāla seja",
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        },
        {
          "english": "pale like a canvas, chalk, cloth, a corpse, death (= very pale)",
          "text": "bāls kā audekls, krīts, drēbe, līķis, nāve",
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        },
        {
          "english": "the boy grew, he was pale as a plant grown in the basement",
          "text": "bērns auga, bija bāls kā pagrabā uzdīdzis stāds",
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        },
        {
          "english": "looking at the mirror, he could not recognize himself anymore: a person pale as one who stood up from a sick bed, with hollow eyes, looked at him... on that person's cheeks there was no redness",
          "text": "spoguli paskatījies, viņš vairs nepazina sevi: bāls, kā no slimības gultas piecēlies cilvēks iekritušām acīm raudzījās viņam pretim... tā cilvēka vaigos vairs nebija sārtuma",
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        "pale (with lighter, whiter color on the face or skin than normal; without redness; also, implicitly, unhealthy)"
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        {
          "english": "pale gray clouds",
          "text": "bāli pelēki mākoņi",
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        },
        {
          "english": "to combine bright and pale colors",
          "text": "kombinēt spilgtas un bālas krāsas",
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        },
        {
          "english": "small plants with pale flowers",
          "text": "mazas puķītes ar bāliem ziediem",
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        },
        {
          "english": "standing outside the window was the pale wall of fog",
          "text": "aiz loga stāv bālā miglas siena",
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          "english": "the pale moon",
          "text": "bāls mēness",
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        },
        {
          "english": "in the wide, low bread oven some pale (= faint) kindling coal",
          "text": "platā, zemā maizes krāsnī vēl gailējas bālas aizkura ogles",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "in the cracks in the clouds here and there (a few) pale (= faint) stars shone",
          "text": "mākoņu spraugās šur un tur iemirgojās bālas zvaigznes",
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        {
          "english": "the role is undeveloped, pale (= weak)",
          "text": "loma ir neizstrādāta, bāla",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "pale (= weak) and insignificant novel chapters",
          "text": "bālas un nenozīmīgas romāna nodaļas",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "in the first performances there still are pale (= weak) and premature places (= parts)",
          "text": "pirmajās izrādēs vēl ir bālas un sasteigtas vietas",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the verse is pale (= weak) and gives nothing new to the reader",
          "text": "dzejolis ir bāls un nekā jauna lasītājam nedod",
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        "(usually of works of art) weak, poor, not interesting (without bright, interesting features)"
      ],
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        "of works of art"
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      "_dis1": "30 34 34 2",
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      "word": "bālā mušmire"
    },
    {
      "word": "balēt"
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    {
      "word": "bālēt"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Baltic *bāl-",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "bāls"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian bāls",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Originally a parallel form to an older adjective *bals (which disappeared probably because of homophony with balss “voice,” but left related terms like the verbs balot, balēt “to bleach, to fade,” balināt “to whiten, to blanch”), from the same source as the adjective balts (“white”) (q.v.). Note that the long/short parallel forms apparently reflect an older state of affairs: alongside Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny, white”), the source of *bals and balts, there was also *bʰa- (< *bʰeh₂-), from which Proto-Baltic *bāl- and Latvian bāls. The original meaning was probably wider (closer to “white”), but the co-existence with balts restricted it to its current range.",
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    {
      "form": "bālais",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bālāks",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "visbālākais",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bāli",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lv-decl-adj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bāls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bāli",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bāla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bālas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bālu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bālus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bālu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bālas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bāla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bālu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bālas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bālu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bālam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bāliem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bālai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bālām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bālu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bāliem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bālu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bālām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bālā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bālos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bālā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bālās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "10": "visbālākais",
        "11": "adverb",
        "12": "bāli",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "definite",
        "6": "bālais",
        "7": "comparative",
        "8": "bālāks",
        "9": "superlative",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bāls (definite bālais, comparative bālāks, superlative visbālākais, adverb bāli)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bāl"
      },
      "expansion": "bāls (definite bālais, comparative bālāks, superlative visbālākais, adverb bāli)",
      "name": "lv-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bāl",
        "extrawidth": "-100"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the patient has a pale face",
          "text": "slimniekam ir bāla seja",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "pale like a canvas, chalk, cloth, a corpse, death (= very pale)",
          "text": "bāls kā audekls, krīts, drēbe, līķis, nāve",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the boy grew, he was pale as a plant grown in the basement",
          "text": "bērns auga, bija bāls kā pagrabā uzdīdzis stāds",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "looking at the mirror, he could not recognize himself anymore: a person pale as one who stood up from a sick bed, with hollow eyes, looked at him... on that person's cheeks there was no redness",
          "text": "spoguli paskatījies, viņš vairs nepazina sevi: bāls, kā no slimības gultas piecēlies cilvēks iekritušām acīm raudzījās viņam pretim... tā cilvēka vaigos vairs nebija sārtuma",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pale (with lighter, whiter color on the face or skin than normal; without redness; also, implicitly, unhealthy)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ],
        [
          "pale",
          "pale"
        ],
        [
          "lighter",
          "lighter#English"
        ],
        [
          "whiter",
          "whiter#English"
        ],
        [
          "color",
          "color#English"
        ],
        [
          "face",
          "face#English"
        ],
        [
          "skin",
          "skin#English"
        ],
        [
          "normal",
          "normal#English"
        ],
        [
          "redness",
          "redness#English"
        ],
        [
          "implicit",
          "implicit#English"
        ],
        [
          "unhealthy",
          "unhealthy#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of people) pale (with lighter, whiter color on the face or skin than normal; without redness; also, implicitly, unhealthy)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of people"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "pale gray clouds",
          "text": "bāli pelēki mākoņi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to combine bright and pale colors",
          "text": "kombinēt spilgtas un bālas krāsas",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "small plants with pale flowers",
          "text": "mazas puķītes ar bāliem ziediem",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "standing outside the window was the pale wall of fog",
          "text": "aiz loga stāv bālā miglas siena",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pale, light (not having brightness, not having bright colors)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pale",
          "pale"
        ],
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ],
        [
          "having",
          "have#English"
        ],
        [
          "brightness",
          "brightness#English"
        ],
        [
          "bright",
          "bright#English"
        ],
        [
          "color",
          "color#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the pale moon",
          "text": "bāls mēness",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "in the wide, low bread oven some pale (= faint) kindling coal",
          "text": "platā, zemā maizes krāsnī vēl gailējas bālas aizkura ogles",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "in the cracks in the clouds here and there (a few) pale (= faint) stars shone",
          "text": "mākoņu spraugās šur un tur iemirgojās bālas zvaigznes",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pale, dim, dull, faint (without brightness)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pale",
          "pale"
        ],
        [
          "dim",
          "dim"
        ],
        [
          "dull",
          "dull"
        ],
        [
          "faint",
          "faint"
        ],
        [
          "brightness",
          "brightness#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the role is undeveloped, pale (= weak)",
          "text": "loma ir neizstrādāta, bāla",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "pale (= weak) and insignificant novel chapters",
          "text": "bālas un nenozīmīgas romāna nodaļas",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "in the first performances there still are pale (= weak) and premature places (= parts)",
          "text": "pirmajās izrādēs vēl ir bālas un sasteigtas vietas",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the verse is pale (= weak) and gives nothing new to the reader",
          "text": "dzejolis ir bāls un nekā jauna lasītājam nedod",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "weak, poor, not interesting (without bright, interesting features)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "usually",
          "usually"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "art",
          "art"
        ],
        [
          "weak",
          "weak"
        ],
        [
          "poor",
          "poor"
        ],
        [
          "interesting",
          "interesting"
        ],
        [
          "bright",
          "bright#English"
        ],
        [
          "interesting",
          "interesting#English"
        ],
        [
          "feature",
          "feature#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually of works of art) weak, poor, not interesting (without bright, interesting features)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of works of art"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[bāːls]"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/Lv-riga-b%C4%81ls.ogg/Lv-riga-b%C4%81ls.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Lv-riga-b%C4%81ls.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "of \"pale, light\"",
      "word": "gaišs"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of \"dim, dull, faint\"",
      "word": "blāvs"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of \"dim, dull, faint\"",
      "word": "krēslains"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bāls"
}

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