bal

A ball (spherical object, used as a toy).

head

bal (plural balle, diminutive balletjie)

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


bal

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

sq-noun

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

bala (plural)
bali (definite)
balat (definite plural)
balo (alternative)

From Proto-Albanian *bala, cognate to Lithuanian bãlas (“white”), Latvian bàls (“pale”) and Greek (Hes.) φαλός λευκός (falós lefkós), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-.


bal

az-noun

bal (definite accusative balı, plural ballar)

balı (accusative definite)
ballar (plural)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”).


bal

Borrowed from Russian балл (ball), from French balle (“voting ball”).


bal

balı (accusative definite)
ballar (plural)
balım (first-person nominative possessive singular)
ballarım (first-person nominative possessive singular)
balın (nominative possessive second-person singular)
balların (nominative possessive second-person singular)
balı (nominative possessive singular third-person)
balları (nominative possessive singular third-person)
balımız (first-person nominative plural possessive)
ballarımız (first-person nominative plural possessive)
balınız (nominative plural possessive second-person)
ballarınız (nominative plural possessive second-person)
balı (nominative plural possessive third-person)
balları (nominative plural possessive third-person)
balımı (accusative first-person possessive singular)
ballarımı (accusative first-person possessive singular)
balını (accusative possessive second-person singular)
ballarını (accusative possessive second-person singular)
balını (accusative possessive singular third-person)
ballarını (accusative possessive singular third-person)
balımızı (accusative first-person plural possessive)
ballarımızı (accusative first-person plural possessive)
balınızı (accusative plural possessive second-person)
ballarınızı (accusative plural possessive second-person)
balını (accusative plural possessive third-person)
ballarını (accusative plural possessive third-person)
balıma (dative first-person possessive singular)
ballarıma (dative first-person possessive singular)
balına (dative possessive second-person singular)
ballarına (dative possessive second-person singular)
balına (dative possessive singular third-person)
ballarına (dative possessive singular third-person)
balımıza (dative first-person plural possessive)
ballarımıza (dative first-person plural possessive)
balınıza (dative plural possessive second-person)
ballarınıza (dative plural possessive second-person)
balına (dative plural possessive third-person)
ballarına (dative plural possessive third-person)
balımda (first-person locative possessive singular)
ballarımda (first-person locative possessive singular)
balında (locative possessive second-person singular)
ballarında (locative possessive second-person singular)
balında (locative possessive singular third-person)
ballarında (locative possessive singular third-person)
balımızda (first-person locative plural possessive)
ballarımızda (first-person locative plural possessive)
balınızda (locative plural possessive second-person)
ballarınızda (locative plural possessive second-person)
balında (locative plural possessive third-person)
ballarında (locative plural possessive third-person)
balımdan (ablative first-person possessive singular)
ballarımdan (ablative first-person possessive singular)
balından (ablative possessive second-person singular)
ballarından (ablative possessive second-person singular)
balından (ablative possessive singular third-person)
ballarından (ablative possessive singular third-person)
balımızdan (ablative first-person plural possessive)
ballarımızdan (ablative first-person plural possessive)
balınızdan (ablative plural possessive second-person)
ballarınızdan (ablative plural possessive second-person)
balından (ablative plural possessive third-person)
ballarından (ablative plural possessive third-person)
balımın (first-person genitive possessive singular)
ballarımın (first-person genitive possessive singular)
balının (genitive possessive second-person singular)
ballarının (genitive possessive second-person singular)
balının (genitive possessive singular third-person)
ballarının (genitive possessive singular third-person)
balımızın (first-person genitive plural possessive)
ballarımızın (first-person genitive plural possessive)
balınızın (genitive plural possessive second-person)
ballarınızın (genitive plural possessive second-person)
balının (genitive plural possessive third-person)
ballarının (genitive plural possessive third-person)

Borrowed from Russian бал (bal), from French bal, from Late Latin ballō.


bal

head

bal (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

bal (nominative)
balnıñ (genitive)
balğa (dative)
balnı (accusative)
balda (locative)
baldan (ablative)


bal

second-person singular imperative of balit


bal

De kinderen speelden met een rode bal in het park.

The children played with a red ball in the park.

De hond rende achter de bal aan en bracht hem terug naar zijn baasje.

The dog chased after the ball and brought it back to its owner.

De chef-kok gebruikte een speciale bal om gehaktballetjes te maken.

The chef used a special ball to make meatballs.

Hij kreeg een flinke trap tegen zijn ballen.

De jongens lachten om de grap over ballen.

The boys laughed at the joke about nuts.

Bij het ongeluk kreeg hij een harde klap op zijn ballen.

He got a hard hit on his groin at the accident.

De voetballer gaf een perfecte bal naar zijn teamgenoot.

The soccer player made a perfect pass to his teammate.

Ze gaf een hoge bal naar voren om de aanval te beginnen.

She sent a high pass forward to start the attack.

(informal, derogatory) toff, posh person

nl-noun

bal m (plural ballen, diminutive balletje n)

ballen (plural)
balletje (diminutive neuter)

wie de bal kaatst, moet hem terug verwachten

Afrikaans: bal

→ Caribbean Hindustani: bál

→ Caribbean Javanese: bal

→ Indonesian: bal

→ Papiamentu: bala, balchi

→ Saramaccan: balí

→ Sranan Tongo: bal

→ Sundanese: bal

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


bal

Er was een groot feest in de stad en iedereen was uitgenodigd voor het bal.

There was a big party in the city, and everyone was invited to the ball.

Het eindejaarsbal op school was een groot succes.

The end-of-year dance party at school was a great success.

Ze dansten de hele nacht door op het zomerse bal in het park.

They danced all night at the summer ball in the park.

bal n (plural bals, diminutive balletje n)

bals (plural)
balletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bal

Negerhollands: bal

→ Virgin Islands Creole: bal

→? Sranan Tongo: bal

From French bal, from Late Latin ballare.


bal

first-person singular present indicative

(in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. akin to sense spheric ball


bal

desctree

→ Dutch: bal
Afrikaans: bal
→ Caribbean Hindustani: bál
→ Caribbean Javanese: bal
→ Indonesian: bal
→ Papiamentu: bala, balchi
→ Saramaccan: balí
→ Sranan Tongo: bal
→ Sundanese: bal

→ Hunsrik: Baal

→ Russian: бал (bal)
→ Armenian: բալ (bal)
→ Azerbaijani: bal
→ Eastern Mari: бал (bal)
→ Georgian: ბალი (bali)
→ Kazakh: бал (bal)
→ Yakut: баал (baal)

Inherited from Old French bal, deverbal of baller, from Late Latin ballare (“to dance”).


bal

bâl (canonical feminine)
bàlā̀bàlai (plural)


bal

bal kéz

a bal oldalon

(rare) left, left-wing (pertaining to the political left)

hu-adj

bal (not generally comparable, comparative balabb, superlative legbalabb)

balabb (comparative)
legbalabb (superlative)
bal (nominative singular)
balt (accusative singular)
balnak (dative singular)
ballal (instrumental singular)
balért (causal-final singular)
ballá (singular translative)
balig (singular terminative)
balként (essive-formal singular)
balban (inessive singular)
balon (singular superessive)
balnál (adessive singular)
balba (illative singular)
balra (singular sublative)
balhoz (allative singular)
balból (elative singular)
balról (delative singular)
baltól (ablative singular)
balé (singular)
baléi (singular)

Uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *palɜ (“left”). Cognate with Udmurt паллян (palľan, “left”). First attested in 1086.

unk

Uncertain origin.


bal

(colloquial) ball, a solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.

From Dutch bal (“ball”), from Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.


bal

bale, a rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.

From Dutch baal, from Middle Dutch bale, from Old French bale.


bal

(most dialects) ball (round or roundish object, most commonly used in games)

(most dialects, anatomy) ball (of the hand or foot)

Heer snap dao geinen bal vaanaof. (Maastrichtian)

(most dialects, chiefly in the negative) anything

head

bal m (plural balle or bel, diminutive belke or belsje)

balle (plural)
bel (plural)
belke (diminutive)
belsje (diminutive)
bol (alternative)
ból (alternative)
baol (alternative)
baal (alternative)
Ball (alternative)
Balle (alternative)

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


bal

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.


bal

desctree

Dutch: bal
Afrikaans: bal
→ Caribbean Hindustani: bál
→ Caribbean Javanese: bal
→ Indonesian: bal
→ Papiamentu: bala, balchi
→ Saramaccan: balí
→ Sranan Tongo: bal
→ Sundanese: bal

Limburgish: bal

West Flemish: bol

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


bal

A rounded or spherical lump or bump, especially in medical terminology; a boil.

A ball used in sports or other entertainment.

The eyeball; the eye viewed as a spherical object.

A sport with a ball as a key component of play.

(rare) A node of muscles supporting the fingers or toes.

(rare, vulgar) One's testes (compare to the much more frequent Modern English sense)

balles (plural)
ball (alternative)
balle (alternative)

English: ball

Scots: baw, ba, baa, ball

Yola: ball

Inherited from Old English *beall, from Proto-West Germanic *ballu, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.


bal

Det blir berre bal om me prøvar å gjera det no.

It will only cause bother if we try to do that now.

bother, fuss, trouble (annoying, difficult or stressful activity)


bal

Telam aut his similia ulna extra cameras mercimoniorum vendere audeant, preter... barchanum..., et telam stamine al. palem dumtaxat quilibet extra cameras predictas vendat

1890 [1481], Adam Chmiel, editor, Zbiór dokumentów znajdujących się w Bibliotece hr. Przezdzieckich w Warszawie, page 41:

bale (rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation)

Polish: bal

Silesian: bal

Borrowed from Middle High German balle. First attested in 1481.


bal

balik (diminutive)
bal (nominative singular)
bale (nominative plural)
balu (genitive singular)
bali (genitive plural)
balowi (dative singular)
balom (dative plural)
bal (accusative singular)
bale (accusative plural)
balem (instrumental singular)
balami (instrumental plural)
balu (locative singular)
balach (locative plural)
balu (singular vocative)
bale (plural vocative)

→ Silesian: bŏl

Borrowed from French bal. First attested in 1665–1683.

ref

Paweł Kupiszewski (13.06.2024) “BAL”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]


bal

bal (nominative singular)
bale (nominative plural)
balu (genitive singular)
bali (genitive plural)
balowi (dative singular)
balom (dative plural)
bal (accusative singular)
bale (accusative plural)
balem (instrumental singular)
balami (instrumental plural)
balu (locative singular)
balach (locative plural)
balu (singular vocative)
bale (plural vocative)

Borrowed from German Balken /Baal. First attested in 1594.

Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “bal”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]


bal

bale (rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation, ten reams)


bal

mire bala kale hin

2002 July 16, Milena Hübschmannová, “Origin of Roma”, in ROMBASE Cultural Database, archived from the original on 2014-10-27:

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (vāla), from Sanskrit वाल (vāla). Cognate with Hindi बाल (bāl), Punjabi ਵਾਲ (vāl, “hair”).


bal

baluri (plural)
bal (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
balul (accusative definite nominative singular)
baluri (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
balurile (accusative definite nominative plural)
bal (indefinite singular)
balului (definite singular)
baluri (indefinite singular)
balurilor (definite plural)
balule (singular vocative)
balurilor (vocative)


bal

Borrowed from French bal, from Late Latin ballare.


bal

head

bal (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])

Jiezi, Gaizi, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang

From Proto-Turkic *bạl. Compare to Kazakh бал (bal), etc.


bal

balowy (adjective)
bal (nominative singular)
bale (nominative plural)
balu (genitive singular)
balōw (genitive plural)
balowi (dative singular)
balōm (dative plural)
bal (accusative singular)
bale (accusative plural)
balym (instrumental singular)
balami (instrumental plural)
balōma (instrumental plural)
balu (locative singular)
balach (locative plural)
balu (singular vocative)
bale (plural vocative)
bala (alternative)


bal

bale (rounded bundled goods, especially straw etc.)

bal (nominative singular)
bale (nominative plural)
balu (genitive singular)
balōw (genitive plural)
balowi (dative singular)
balōm (dative plural)
bal (accusative singular)
bale (accusative plural)
balym (instrumental singular)
balami (instrumental plural)
balōma (instrumental plural)
balu (locative singular)
balach (locative plural)
balu (singular vocative)
bale (plural vocative)
bala (alternative)


bal

hortensia, hydrangea (any of several shrubs, of the genus Hydrangea)

viburnum, guelder rose, any shrub of genus Viburnum


bal

zlw-slv-noun

bal m inan (diminutive balëk, related adjective balôwy)


bal

Ujang nepi ka ayeuna kénéh teu tiasa maén bal.

Ujang still can't play football to this day.

football; the ball used in a "football" game

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


bal

bal (indefinite nominative singular)
bals (genitive indefinite singular)
balen (definite nominative singular)
balens (definite genitive singular)
balar (indefinite nominative plural)
balars (genitive indefinite plural)
balarna (definite nominative plural)
balarnas (definite genitive plural)
bal (indefinite nominative singular)
bals (genitive indefinite singular)
balen (definite nominative singular)
balens (definite genitive singular)
baler (indefinite nominative plural)
balers (genitive indefinite plural)
balerna (definite nominative plural)
balernas (definite genitive plural)


bal

(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Baluchi.


bal

balı (accusative definite)
ballar (plural)
bal (nominative singular)
ballar (nominative plural)
balı (accusative definite singular)
balları (accusative definite plural)
bala (dative singular)
ballara (dative plural)
balda (locative singular)
ballarda (locative plural)
baldan (ablative singular)
ballardan (ablative plural)
balın (genitive singular)
balların (genitive plural)
balım (first-person nominative singular)
ballarım (first-person nominative singular)
balın (nominative second-person singular)
balların (nominative second-person singular)
balı (nominative singular third-person)
balları (nominative singular third-person)
balımız (first-person nominative plural)
ballarımız (first-person nominative plural)
balınız (nominative plural second-person)
ballarınız (nominative plural second-person)
balları (nominative plural third-person)
balımı (accusative definite first-person singular)
ballarımı (accusative definite first-person singular)
balını (accusative definite second-person singular)
ballarını (accusative definite second-person singular)
balını (accusative definite singular third-person)
ballarını (accusative definite singular third-person)
balımızı (accusative definite first-person plural)
ballarımızı (accusative definite first-person plural)
balınızı (accusative definite plural second-person)
ballarınızı (accusative definite plural second-person)
ballarını (accusative definite plural third-person)
balıma (dative first-person singular)
ballarıma (dative first-person singular)
balına (dative second-person singular)
ballarına (dative second-person singular)
balına (dative singular third-person)
ballarına (dative singular third-person)
balımıza (dative first-person plural)
ballarımıza (dative first-person plural)
balınıza (dative plural second-person)
ballarınıza (dative plural second-person)
ballarına (dative plural third-person)
balımda (first-person locative singular)
ballarımda (first-person locative singular)
balında (locative second-person singular)
ballarında (locative second-person singular)
balında (locative singular third-person)
ballarında (locative singular third-person)
balımızda (first-person locative plural)
ballarımızda (first-person locative plural)
balınızda (locative plural second-person)
ballarınızda (locative plural second-person)
ballarında (locative plural third-person)
balımdan (ablative first-person singular)
ballarımdan (ablative first-person singular)
balından (ablative second-person singular)
ballarından (ablative second-person singular)
balından (ablative singular third-person)
ballarından (ablative singular third-person)
balımızdan (ablative first-person plural)
ballarımızdan (ablative first-person plural)
balınızdan (ablative plural second-person)
ballarınızdan (ablative plural second-person)
ballarından (ablative plural third-person)
balımın (first-person genitive singular)
ballarımın (first-person genitive singular)
balının (genitive second-person singular)
ballarının (genitive second-person singular)
balının (genitive singular third-person)
ballarının (genitive singular third-person)
balımızın (first-person genitive plural)
ballarımızın (first-person genitive plural)
balınızın (genitive plural second-person)
ballarınızın (genitive plural second-person)
ballarının (genitive plural third-person)

From Ottoman Turkish بال, from Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”).


bal

head

bal (definite accusative baly, plural ballar)

baly (accusative definite)
ballar (plural)
bal (nominative singular)
ballar (nominative plural)
baly (accusative singular)
ballary (accusative plural)
balyň (genitive singular)
ballaryň (genitive plural)
bala (dative singular)
ballara (dative plural)
balda (locative singular)
ballarda (locative plural)
baldan (ablative singular)
ballardan (ablative plural)