"bēlą" meaning in Proto-Germanic

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɛː.lɑ̃/
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny; bright; gleaming; white”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *bělъ (“white”), Lithuanian bãlas, báltas (“white”), Latvian balts (“white”), Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, “white”), Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour”). Etymology templates: {{der|gem-pro|ine-pro|*bʰel-||shiny; bright; gleaming; white}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny; bright; gleaming; white”), {{cog|sla-pro|*bělъ||white}} Proto-Slavic *bělъ (“white”), {{cog|lt|bãlas}} Lithuanian bãlas, {{m|lt|báltas||white}} báltas (“white”), {{cog|lv|balts||white}} Latvian balts (“white”), {{cog|grc|φαλός||white}} Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, “white”), {{cog|sa|भाल||splendour}} Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour”) Inflection templates: {{gem-decl-noun}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], bēlą [nominative, singular], bēlō [nominative, plural], bēlą [singular, vocative], bēlō [plural, vocative], bēlą [accusative, singular], bēlō [accusative, plural], bēlas [genitive, singular], bēlis [genitive, singular], bēlǫ̂ [genitive, plural], bēlai [dative, singular], bēlamaz [dative, plural], bēlō [instrumental, singular], bēlamiz [instrumental, plural]
  1. fire Tags: neuter, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-bēlą-gem-pro-noun-3J8osS3R
  2. pyre Tags: neuter, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-bēlą-gem-pro-noun-Kn-q9wMz Categories (other): Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 14 86

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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "bǣl"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: bǣl",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "bǣlfȳr"
          },
          "expansion": "bǣlfȳr",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: bǣl; bǣlfȳr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "bale"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: bale",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "balefire"
          },
          "expansion": "balefire",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: bale; balefire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "bale",
            "3": "baill"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: bale, baill"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "bale"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        },
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          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "balefire"
          },
          "expansion": "balefire",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "English: bale; balefire"
    },
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          "args": {
            "1": "non",
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          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: bál",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: bál"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "bál"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "bálit"
          },
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: bál; bálit"
    },
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            "2": "bál"
          },
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          "args": {
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        },
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            "2": "likbål"
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      ],
      "text": "Norwegian: bål; likbål"
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            "1": "gmq-osw",
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          "expansion": "Old Swedish: bāl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Old Swedish: bāl"
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      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "bål"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: bål",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: bål"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "bål"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: bål",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: bål"
    }
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        "1": "sa",
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        "3": "",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gem-decl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "bēlis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "bēlǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēlai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēlamaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēlō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēlamiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bēlą",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fire"
      ],
      "id": "en-bēlą-gem-pro-noun-3J8osS3R",
      "links": [
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pyre"
      ],
      "id": "en-bēlą-gem-pro-noun-Kn-q9wMz",
      "links": [
        [
          "pyre",
          "pyre"
        ]
      ],
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        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɛː.lɑ̃/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bēlą"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Proto-Germanic a-stem nouns",
    "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-Germanic lemmas",
    "Proto-Germanic neuter nouns",
    "Proto-Germanic nouns",
    "Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Proto-Germanic terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "bǣl"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: bǣl",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "bǣlfȳr"
          },
          "expansion": "bǣlfȳr",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: bǣl; bǣlfȳr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "bale"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: bale",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
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          },
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          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: bale; balefire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "bale",
            "3": "baill"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: bale, baill",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: bale, baill"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "bale"
          },
          "expansion": "English: bale",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "balefire"
          },
          "expansion": "balefire",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: bale; balefire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
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          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: bál",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: bál"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "bál"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: bál",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "bálit"
          },
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          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: bál; bálit"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "bál"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: bál"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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            "2": "bål"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
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            "1": "no",
            "2": "likbål"
          },
          "expansion": "likbål",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian: bål; likbål"
    },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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            "2": "bål"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Swedish: bål"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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            "2": "bål"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    }
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      "name": "der"
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "cog"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
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        "3": "",
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      "form": "a-stem",
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      "tags": [
        "class"
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    {
      "form": "bēlą",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "bēlō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēlą",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "bēlō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēlą",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēlō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēlas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēlis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēlǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēlai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēlamaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēlō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēlamiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gem-decl-noun"
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  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bēlą",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fire"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pyre"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pyre",
          "pyre"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɛː.lɑ̃/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bēlą"
}

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