"balla" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See balla in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpaɫ̪ə/
Etymology: From Middle Irish *balla, from Middle English wal, from Old English weall (“wall, dike”), from Proto-Germanic *wallaz, *wallą (“wall, rampart, entrenchment”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, entrenchment, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Etymology templates: {{root|gd|ine-pro|*welH-}}, {{inh|gd|mga|*balla}} Middle Irish *balla, {{bor|gd|enm|wal}} Middle English wal, {{der|gd|ang|weall|t=wall, dike}} Old English weall (“wall, dike”), {{der|gd|gem-pro|*wallaz}} Proto-Germanic *wallaz, {{der|gd|la|vallum|t=wall, rampart, entrenchment, palisade}} Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, entrenchment, palisade”), {{der|gd|ine-pro|*welH-|t=to turn, wind, roll}} Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”) Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|balla|||||||plural|ballachan||||||{{{pl4}}}|||cat2=|f10accel-form=genpl|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} balla m (genitive singular balla, plural ballachan), {{gd-noun|g=m|gen=balla|pl=ballachan}} balla m (genitive singular balla, plural ballachan) Forms: balla [genitive, singular], ballachan [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], balla [indefinite, nominative, singular], ballachan [indefinite, nominative, plural], balla [genitive, indefinite, singular], bhallachan [genitive, indefinite, plural], balla [dative, indefinite, singular], ballachan [dative, indefinite, plural], balla [definite, nominative, singular], am balla [definite, nominative, singular], ballachan [definite, nominative, plural], na ballachan [definite, nominative, plural], (a') bhalla [definite, genitive, singular], ballachan [definite, genitive, plural], nam ballachan [definite, genitive, plural], (a') bhalla [dative, definite, singular], ballachan [dative, definite, plural], na ballachan [dative, definite, plural], bhalla [definite, singular, vocative], bhallachan [definite, plural, vocative], no-table-tags [table-tags], balla [error-unrecognized-form], bhalla [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. (architecture) wall Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-balla-gd-noun-TYqqZPaF Categories (other): Pages with 15 entries, Pages with entries, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Topics: architecture

Inflected forms

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      "source": "declension",
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      "ipa": "/ˈpaɫ̪ə/"
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}

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