baal

See also: Baal, bål, baʼal, Baʿal, and Ba'al

English

Etymology

From Baal.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːl/
• Rhymes: -ɑːl

Noun

baal (plural baals)

1. a false deity or idol
2. (obsolete, derogatory) Catholic or Orthodox icons of the saints.

Synonyms

• (a false deity): false god

Anagrams

• AABL, Alba, Bala, LABA, alba, blaa, laab

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• bal (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Middle High German balde, from Old High German baldo, from bald (“quick”). Cognate with German bald.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːl/

Adverb

baal

1. (most dialects) soon

   Du moss us baal ens widder besöke!

   You must visit us again some time soon!

2. (most dialects) almost

   Synonyms: fass, fast, beinoh

   Ich hann et ald baal foffzehn Mol probiert.

   I've tried it almost fifteen times.

   Hä jeht baal emmer ohne Jack op de Stroß.

   He almost always goes out without a jacket.

   • 2002, “Du bes die Stadt”‎^[1]performed by Bläck Fööss:

     Frech wie Dreck, doch et Hätz es jot.
     E klei bessje verdötsch, met nix jet am Hot.
     Jot jelaunt, datt et baal schon nerv.
     All dat ha’ mer vun dir jeerv.

     As impudent as dirt, but your heart is good.
     A little bit simple-minded, not caring too much about anything.
     So good-humoured that it's almost annoying.
     All of that we've inherited from you.

Cimbrian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

baal m

1. (Sette Comuni) drainage channel

   Elchar stall hat an baal so büuran ausar ausont 's lautare.

   Each barn has a drainage channel to carry the liquid outside.

References

• “baal” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːl/, [baːl]

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• Hyphenation: baal
• Rhymes: -aːl
• Homophone: Baal

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bale, from Old French bale, itself of Germanic origin and related to Proto-Germanic *balluz. Doublet of bal.

Noun

baal f (plural balen, diminutive baaltje n)

1. A bale of hay or straw.
2. A closed bag or package of wares.

Derived terms

• hooibaal
• strobaal
• vlooienbaal

Descendants

• Afrikaans: baal
• → Arawak: bali
• → Indonesian: bal

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

baal

1. inflection of balen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Limos Kalinga

Noun

baál

1. G-string

Somali

Etymology

Cognate with Jiiddu baal.

Noun

baal ?

1. wing

Yucatec Maya

Verb

baal (transitive)

1. to hide, to conceal
2. to protect, to shelter, to shield
3. to guard, to keep

Inflection

    Conjugation of baal

aspect	optative	inperfective	perfective	resultative	imperative
active voice	bal	balik	balaj	balmaj	balej
antipassive voice	baalnak	baal	baalnaj	baalnajaʼan	baalnen
mediopassive voice	báalak	báalal	báal	baalal	—
passive voice	baʼalak	baʼalal	baʼal	balaʼan	—