balek

See also: balëk and Bálek

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.lɛk/

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Interjection

balek

1. (Informal, vulgar) clipping of se battre les couilles de

Hungarian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بالق (balık, “fish”). Modern Turkish spelling is balık.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒlɛk]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lek
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Noun

balek (plural balekok)

1. dupe, mug, sucker (a person who can be easily fooled or deceived)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	balek	balekok
accusative	balekot	balekokat
dative	baleknak	balekoknak
instrumental	balekkal	balekokkal
causal-final	balekért	balekokért
translative	balekká	balekokká
terminative	balekig	balekokig
essive-formal	balekként	balekokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	balekban	balekokban
superessive	balekon	balekokon
adessive	baleknál	balekoknál
illative	balekba	balekokba
sublative	balekra	balekokra
allative	balekhoz	balekokhoz
elative	balekból	balekokból
delative	balekról	balekokról
ablative	balektól	balekoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	baleké	balekoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	balekéi	balekokéi

Possessive forms of balek

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	balekom	balekjaim
2nd person sing.	balekod	balekjaid
3rd person sing.	balekja	balekjai
1st person plural	balekunk	balekjaink
2nd person plural	balekotok	balekjaitok
3rd person plural	balekjuk	balekjaik

Further reading

• balek in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• balek 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).

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Riau, Siak, Tembilahan) IPA^(key): /bäle̞ʔ/
• Rhymes: -ale̞ʔ, -le̞ʔ, -e̞ʔ

Adverb

balek

1. (Riau, Siak, Tembilahan) alternative spelling of balik (“back”)

Noun

balek (Jawi spelling باليق, plural balek-balek or balek²)

1. (Riau, Siak, Tembilahan) alternative spelling of balik (“back part, behind”)

Verb

balek

1. (Riau, Siak, Tembilahan) alternative spelling of balik (“to return, to turn”)

Further reading

• H Idrus Lubis; Bustamil Ramli; Dasri MS; Nursal Hakim; M Nur Mustafa ((Can we date this quote?)), Kamus Indonesia–Melayu Riau [Indonesian–Riau Malay Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudyaan, →ISBN