بلاء

Arabic

Root
ب ل و (b-l-w)

Etymology

Verbal noun of بَلَا (balā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.laːʔ/

Noun

بَلَاء • (balāʔ) m

1. verbal noun of بَلَا (balā, “to test, to try; to plague”)
2. affliction, plague, scourge, bane

Declension

Declension of noun بَلَاء (balāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَلَاء balāʔ	الْبَلَاء al-balāʔ	بَلَاء balāʔ
Nominative	بَلَاءٌ balāʔun	الْبَلَاءُ al-balāʔu	بَلَاءُ balāʔu
Accusative	بَلَاءً balāʔan	الْبَلَاءَ al-balāʔa	بَلَاءَ balāʔa
Genitive	بَلَاءٍ balāʔin	الْبَلَاءِ al-balāʔi	بَلَاءِ balāʔi

Descendants

• → Adyghe: бэлахь (bɛlaḥ)
• → Albanian: bela
• → Armenian: բալա (bala), պելա (pela)
• → Azerbaijani: bəla
• → Bashkir: бәлә (bələ)
• → Georgian: ბალა (bala)
• → Persian: بلا (balâ)
• → Kazakh: бәле (bäle)
• → Khalaj: bəlâ
• → Northern Kurdish: bela
• → Malay: bala
• → Swahili: balaa
• → Ottoman Turkish: بلا (belâ)
  • → Turkish: bela
• → Turkmen: bela
• → Uyghur: بالا (bala)
• → Uzbek: balo

Noun

بِلَاء • (bilāʔ) m

1. (obsolete) verbal noun of بَالَى (bālā) (form III)
   • a. 965 CE, Al-Mutanabbi, بِنا مِنكَ فَوقَ الرَملِ ما بِكَ في الرَملِ:

     أَقَلُّ بِلَاءً بِٱلرَّزَايَا مِنَ الْقَنَا
     وَأَقْدَمُ بَيْنَ الْجَحْفَلَيْنِ مِنَ النَّبْلِ

     ʔaqallu bilāʔan bi-r-razāyā mina l-qanā
     wa-ʔaqdamu bayna l-jaḥfalayni mina n-nabli

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of noun بِلَاء (bilāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بِلَاء bilāʔ	الْبِلَاء al-bilāʔ	بِلَاء bilāʔ
Nominative	بِلَاءٌ bilāʔun	الْبِلَاءُ al-bilāʔu	بِلَاءُ bilāʔu
Accusative	بِلَاءً bilāʔan	الْبِلَاءَ al-bilāʔa	بِلَاءَ bilāʔa
Genitive	بِلَاءٍ bilāʔin	الْبِلَاءِ al-bilāʔi	بِلَاءِ bilāʔi