"boll" meaning in Swedish

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Noun

Audio: Sv-boll.ogg
Etymology: From Old Swedish balder, baller, from Old Norse bǫllr (“ball, globe”), from Proto-Germanic *balluz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (“round thing, bubble”), from *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). Etymology templates: {{root|sv|ine-pro|*bʰel-|id=blow}}, {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|balder, baller}} Old Swedish balder, baller, {{inh|sv|non|bǫllr||ball, globe}} Old Norse bǫllr (“ball, globe”), {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*balluz}} Proto-Germanic *balluz, {{inh|sv|ine-pro|*bʰoln-||round thing, bubble}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (“round thing, bubble”), {{m|ine-pro|*bʰel-||to blow, inflate, swell}} *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”) Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} boll c, {{sv-noun|c}} boll c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-ar}}, {{sv-decl-noun|boll|bollen|bollar|bollarna|bolls|bollens|bollars|bollarnas|base=boll|definitions=|gender=Common}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], boll [indefinite, nominative, singular], bollen [definite, nominative, singular], bollar [indefinite, nominative, plural], bollarna [definite, nominative, plural], bolls [genitive, indefinite, singular], bollens [definite, genitive, singular], bollars [genitive, indefinite, plural], bollarnas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a ball; a more or less spherical object which is not hard or unyielding (compare kula) Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-boll-sv-noun-QGSFjB29 Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 48 46 6
  2. (soccer) a ball (pass) Tags: common-gender Categories (topical): Football (soccer)
    Sense id: en-boll-sv-noun-gE08oU4s Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 48 46 6 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
  3. (colloquial, often in the plural) a ball (testicle) Tags: colloquial, common-gender, in-plural, often Synonyms: testikel
    Sense id: en-boll-sv-noun-K4jfAo9v
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: klot, kula, sfär
Derived forms: bandyboll, basketboll, bolla, bollbegåvning, bollbehandling, bollek, bollformig, bollgeni, bollhav, bollhållare, bollkalle, bollklubb, bollkontakt, bollkontroll, bollkänsla, bollning, bollplan, bollplank, bollpojke, bollsinne, bollspel, bollsport, bollsäker, bollteknik, bollträ, chokladboll, fotboll, gummiboll, handboll, kokosboll, korgboll, paintboll, pingisboll, plastboll, snöboll, tennisboll, volleyboll

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1992, Svenne Rubins (lyrics and music), “Långa bollar på Bengt [Long balls to [on] Bengt]”, in Sex män i skor [Six men in shoes]",
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      "word": "bollhållare"
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      "word": "bollkontakt"
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    {
      "word": "bollkontroll"
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    {
      "word": "bollkänsla"
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    {
      "word": "bollning"
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      "word": "bollplan"
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      "word": "bollplank"
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      "glosses": [
        "a ball; a more or less spherical object which is not hard or unyielding (compare kula)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ball",
          "ball"
        ],
        [
          "spherical",
          "spherical"
        ],
        [
          "kula",
          "kula#Swedish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with quotations",
        "sv:Football (soccer)"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I think back on my brief sojourn, as a twelve-year-old boy in soccer shoes. I was given instructions, I was to go, as a back to the left and remember, to fight and run and only strike, long balls to Bengt.",
          "ref": "1992, Svenne Rubins (lyrics and music), “Långa bollar på Bengt [Long balls to [on] Bengt]”, in Sex män i skor [Six men in shoes]",
          "text": "Jag tänker tillbaks på min korta sejour, som tolvårig grabb i fotbollsskor. Jag fick instruktioner, jag skulle gå, som back till vänster och tänka på, att kämpa och springa och bara slå, långa bollar på Bengt.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a ball (pass)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soccer",
          "soccer"
        ],
        [
          "ball",
          "ball"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(soccer) a ball (pass)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "soccer",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a ball (testicle)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ball",
          "ball"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, often in the plural) a ball (testicle)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "testikel"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "common-gender",
        "in-plural",
        "often"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sv-boll.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f4/Sv-boll.ogg/Sv-boll.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Sv-boll.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "boll"
}

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