"bál" meaning in Icelandic

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Noun

IPA: /pauːl/
Rhymes: -auːl Etymology: From Old Norse bál (whence the Danish bål (“fire, bonfire, pyre”), Norwegian bål and Swedish bål (“pyre, bonfire”)) from Proto-Germanic *bēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with the Old English bæl. Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour”), Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, “white”) and Old Armenian բալ (bal, “fog”). Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|bál}} Old Norse bál, {{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”), {{inh|is|gem-pro|*bēlą}} Proto-Germanic *bēlą, {{der|is|ine-pro|*bʰel-}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-, {{cog|ang|bæl}} Old English bæl, {{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|is|nouns|genitive singular|báls|||||||nominative plural|bál|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=}} bál n (genitive singular báls, nominative plural bál), {{is-noun|n|báls|bál}} bál n (genitive singular báls, nominative plural bál) Inflection templates: {{is-decl-noun-n-s|b|á|l}}, {{is-decl-noun-base|n-s|accp=bál|accpd=bálin|accs=bál|accsd=bálið|datp=bálum|datpd=bálunum|dats=báli|datsd=bálinu|def={{{def}}}|genp=bála|genpd=bálanna|gens=báls|gensd=bálsins|indef={{{indef}}}|nomp=bál|nompd=bálin|noms=bál|nomsd=bálið|pl={{{pl}}}|sg={{{sg}}}}}, {{is-decl-noun-base/sgpl|n-s|accp=bál|accpd=bálin|accs=bál|accsd=bálið|datp=bálum|datpd=bálunum|dats=báli|datsd=bálinu|genp=bála|genpd=bálanna|gens=báls|gensd=bálsins|nomp=bál|nompd=bálin|noms=bál|nomsd=bálið}} Forms: báls [genitive, singular], bál [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bál [indefinite, nominative, singular], bálið [definite, nominative, singular], bál [indefinite, nominative, plural], bálin [definite, nominative, plural], bál [accusative, indefinite, singular], bálið [accusative, definite, singular], bál [accusative, indefinite, plural], bálin [accusative, definite, plural], báli [dative, indefinite, singular], bálinu [dative, definite, singular], bálum [dative, indefinite, plural], bálunum [dative, definite, plural], báls [genitive, indefinite, singular], bálsins [definite, genitive, singular], bála [genitive, indefinite, plural], bálanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a fire, a bonfire Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-bál-is-noun-SsT1LpB7 Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 55 45
  2. a conflagration, a blaze Tags: neuter Synonyms (conflagration): eldsvoði, stórbruni
    Sense id: en-bál-is-noun-VBpjD7xu Disambiguation of 'conflagration': 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bálför

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "name": "der"
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      "expansion": "Old English bæl",
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        "1": "sa",
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        "t": "splendour"
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        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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      "ipa": "/pauːl/"
    },
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    }
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    "Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "word": "bálför"
    }
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        "nomsd": "bálið"
      },
      "name": "is-decl-noun-base/sgpl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a fire, a bonfire"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ],
        [
          "bonfire",
          "bonfire"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a conflagration, a blaze"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "conflagration",
          "conflagration"
        ],
        [
          "blaze",
          "blaze"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pauːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-auːl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "conflagration",
      "word": "eldsvoði"
    },
    {
      "sense": "conflagration",
      "word": "stórbruni"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bál"
}
{
  "called_from": "inflection/2466",
  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Icelandic]; cleaned text: n-s",
  "path": [
    "bál"
  ],
  "section": "Icelandic",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bál",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Icelandic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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