balla

English

Alternative forms

• baller

Noun

balla (plural ballas)

1. (nonstandard, slang) One who is a superior ball player (usually basketball).

   Wow! This guy's a serious balla; he's gonna go pro.

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Catalan

Verb

balla

1. Third-person singular present indicative form of ballar.
2. Second-person singular imperative form of ballar.

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Cimbrian

Noun

balla f (please provide plural)

1. trap

References

• “balla” in Umberto Martello Martalar, Alfonso Bellotto, Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Setti Communi vicentini, 1st edition, 1974.

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Faroese

Verb

at balla (third person singular past indicative ballaði, supine ballað)

1. to wrap

Conjugation

   Conjugation of balla

balla, v-30
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	balli	ballar	ballar	balla
Past	ballaði	ballaði	ballaði	ballaðu
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	balla !	—	ballið !
Infinitive	balla
Pres. part.	ballandi
Past part. a6	ballaður
Supine	ballað

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balə/

Etymology

From Middle English wall, from Old English weall (“wall, dike”), from Proto-Germanic *wallaz, *wallą (“wall, rampart, entrenchment”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, entrenchment, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, roll”).

Noun

balla m (genitive balla, nominative plural ballaí)

1. wall

Declension

Declension of balla

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative balla ballaí Vocative a bhalla a bhallaí Genitive balla ballaí Dative balla ballaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an balla na ballaí Genitive an bhalla na mballaí Dative leis an mballa don bhalla leis na ballaí

Derived terms

Derived terms

ballachlár (“wallboard”) ceannbhalla (“headwall; hanging wall”) cúlbhalla (“back wall”)

donnóg an bhalla (“wall brown”) uchtbhalla (“parapet”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
balla	bhalla	mballa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Italian

Noun

balla f (plural balle)

1. a large bundle or bale.
2. a falsehood, a lie.
3. (vulgar, especially in plural) a testicle, bollock.

Synonyms

• (lie): frottola, fandonia
• (testicle): palla, coglione

Related terms

• imballare

Verb

balla

1. third-person singular present indicative of ballare
2. second-person singular imperative of ballare

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Romansch

Noun

balla f (plural ballas)

1. (sports, Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) ball

Synonyms

• (Sutsilvan) bura
• (Surmiran) bora

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɫ̪ə/

Noun

balla m (genitive balla, plural ballachan)

1. wall

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Swedish

Adjective

balla

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of ball

See also

• balla ur