ባል

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Amharic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Semitic *baʕl-. Cognates include Ge'ez በዓል (bäʿal) and Tigrinya በዓል (bäʿal).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbal/
  • Hyphenation: ባል

Noun[edit]

ባል • (bal) m

  1. husband
  2. master
  3. festival

Declension[edit]

Definiteness forms of ባል (bal)
Masculine
Indefinite ባል (bal)
Definite subject ባሉ (balu)
Definite object ባሉን (balun)
General object ባልን (balən)
Possessive forms of ባል (bal)
Singular Plural Formal
First person ባሌ (bale) ባላችን (balaččən) —
Second person m ባልህ (baləh) ባላችሁ (balaččəhu) ባልዎ (balwo)
f ባልሽ (baləš)
Third person m ባሉ (balu) ባላቸው (balaččäw)
f ባሏ (balʷa)

Coordinate terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ባል”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
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