bál

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from German Ball.

Noun

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bál m inan

  1. ball (formal dance)
    Synonym: ples
Declension
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

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bál

  1. masculine singular past active participle of bát

Further reading

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  • bál”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • bál”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • bál”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse bál (whence the Danish bål (bonfire, pyre), Norwegian bål and Swedish bål (pyre, bonfire)) from Proto-Germanic *bēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with the Old English bæl. Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, splendour), Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, white) and Old Armenian բալ (bal, fog).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bál n (genitive singular báls, plural bál)

  1. fire

Declension

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Declension of bál
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bál bálið bál bálini
accusative bál bálið bál bálini
dative báli bálinum bálum bálunum
genitive báls bálsins bála bálanna

Hungarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Ball.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbaːl]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

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bál (plural bálok)

  1. ball (party)

Declension

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Primarily:[1]

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bál bálok
accusative bált bálokat
dative bálnak báloknak
instrumental bállal bálokkal
causal-final bálért bálokért
translative bállá bálokká
terminative bálig bálokig
essive-formal bálként bálokként
essive-modal
inessive bálban bálokban
superessive bálon bálokon
adessive bálnál báloknál
illative bálba bálokba
sublative bálra bálokra
allative bálhoz bálokhoz
elative bálból bálokból
delative bálról bálokról
ablative báltól báloktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
bálé báloké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
báléi bálokéi
Possessive forms of bál
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bálom báljaim
2nd person sing. bálod báljaid
3rd person sing. bálja báljai
1st person plural bálunk báljaink
2nd person plural bálotok báljaitok
3rd person plural báljuk báljaik

Less commonly:[2]

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bál bálak
accusative bálat bálakat
dative bálnak bálaknak
instrumental bállal bálakkal
causal-final bálért bálakért
translative bállá bálakká
terminative bálig bálakig
essive-formal bálként bálakként
essive-modal
inessive bálban bálakban
superessive bálon bálakon
adessive bálnál bálaknál
illative bálba bálakba
sublative bálra bálakra
allative bálhoz bálakhoz
elative bálból bálakból
delative bálról bálakról
ablative báltól bálaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
bálé bálaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
báléi bálakéi
Possessive forms of bál
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bálam báljaim
2nd person sing. bálad báljaid
3rd person sing. bálja báljai
1st person plural bálunk báljaink
2nd person plural bálatok báljaitok
3rd person plural báljuk báljaik

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Possessive forms of bál
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bálam bálaim
2nd person sing. bálad bálaid
3rd person sing. bála bálai
1st person plural bálunk bálaink
2nd person plural bálatok bálaitok
3rd person plural báluk bálaik

Derived terms

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Compound words

Further reading

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  • bál in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • bál , archaic synonym of bála (bale, truss)
  • bál in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Anagrams

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse bál (whence the Danish bål (fire, bonfire, pyre), Norwegian bål and Swedish bål (pyre, bonfire)) from Proto-Germanic *bēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with the Old English bæl. Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, splendour), Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, white) and Old Armenian բալ (bal, fog).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bál n (genitive singular báls, nominative plural bál)

  1. a fire, a bonfire
  2. a conflagration, a blaze

Declension

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    Declension of bál
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bál bálið bál bálin
accusative bál bálið bál bálin
dative báli bálinu bálum bálunum
genitive báls bálsins bála bálanna

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Irish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French bal.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bál m (genitive singular báil, nominative plural báil)

  1. ball (formal dance)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bál bhál mbál
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *bēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, splendour), Old English bǣl, Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, white) and Old Armenian բալ (bal, fog).

Noun

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bál n (genitive báls, plural bál)

  1. fire

Descendants

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  • Danish: bål (pyre, bonfire)
  • Faroese: bál n
  • Icelandic: bál (a fire)
  • Swedish: bål (pyre, bonfire)
  • Norwegian: bål (pyre, fire, bonfire)