"bál" meaning in Icelandic

See bál in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

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: {{is-noun|@@}} bál n (genitive singular báls, nominative plural bál) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|n}} Forms: báls [genitive, singular], bál [nominative, plural], neuter [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. fire, bonfire Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-bál-is-noun-sdh1tfgB Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 61 39
  2. conflagration, blaze Tags: neuter Synonyms: eldsvoði, stórbruni
    Sense id: en-bál-is-noun-NCwYgDJq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bálför

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bálför"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "bál"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse bál",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "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": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*bēlą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bēlą",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰel-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "bæl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English bæl",
      "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 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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "báls",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bál",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "neuter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bál",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bálið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bál",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bálin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bál",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bálið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bál",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bálin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "báli",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bálinu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bálum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bálunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "báls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bálsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bála",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bálanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "@@"
      },
      "expansion": "bál n (genitive singular báls, nominative plural bál)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "name": "is-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fire, bonfire"
      ],
      "id": "en-bál-is-noun-sdh1tfgB",
      "links": [
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ],
        [
          "bonfire",
          "bonfire"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "conflagration, blaze"
      ],
      "id": "en-bál-is-noun-NCwYgDJq",
      "links": [
        [
          "conflagration",
          "conflagration"
        ],
        [
          "blaze",
          "blaze"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "eldsvoði"
        },
        {
          "word": "stórbruni"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pauːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-auːl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bál"
}

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    "Icelandic lemmas",
    "Icelandic neuter nouns",
    "Icelandic nouns",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Icelandic terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/auːl",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/auːl/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bálför"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "bál"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse bál",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "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": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*bēlą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bēlą",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰel-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "bæl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English bæl",
      "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 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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "báls",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bál",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "neuter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bál",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bálið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bál",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bálin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bál",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bálið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bál",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bálin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "báli",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bálinu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bálum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bálunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "báls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bálsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bála",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bálanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "@@"
      },
      "expansion": "bál n (genitive singular báls, nominative plural bál)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "name": "is-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fire, bonfire"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ],
        [
          "bonfire",
          "bonfire"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "conflagration, blaze"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "conflagration",
          "conflagration"
        ],
        [
          "blaze",
          "blaze"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "eldsvoði"
        },
        {
          "word": "stórbruni"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pauːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-auːl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bál"
}

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