balla

See also: Balla, ballà, and baļļa

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

Etymology

From Middle High German valle, from Old High German falla, from fallan (“to fall”). Cognate with German Falle.

Noun

balla f (plural balln)

1. (Sette Comuni) trap

   De maus is gasnappet untar de balla.

   The mouse is caught in the trap.

Declension

Declension of balla – 6th declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	an	de	balla	de	balln
accusative	an	de	balla	de	balln
dative	anara	dar	balln	in	balln

References

• “balla” 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

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Faroese

Etymology

Related to sense 3 of English bale (“to wrap into a bale”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

Verb

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

1. to wrap

Conjugation

   Conjugation of balla

v-30
infinitive	balla
present participle	ballandi
past participle a6	ballaður
supine	ballað
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!

Further reading

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: ballas, ballât

Verb

balla

1. third-person singular past historic of baller

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Icelandic

Noun

balla

1. indefinite genitive plural of böllur

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Ilocano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bal‧lá
• IPA^(key): /balˈla/, [bɐlˈla]

Noun

ballá

1. frenzy
2. (medicine) rabies
3. white fish

Derived terms

• agballa

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠal̪ˠə/

Noun

balla m (genitive singular 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

• balla adóibe (“adobe wall”)
• balla beag (“bed-wall”) (in old houses)
• balla brící (“brick wall”)
• ballachlár (“wallboard”)
• balla cloiche (“stone wall”)
• balla fód (“earthen wall”)
• balla fuar (“dry, unmortared, wall”)
• balla istigh (“inner wall; inner side of wall”)
• balla mór (“main wall”)
• balla taca (“breast-wall”)
• ceannbhalla (“headwall; hanging wall”)
• cúlbhalla (“back wall”)
• donnóg an bhalla (“wall brown”)
• frithbhalla (“counterscarp”)
• idirbhalla (“party wall”)
• páipéar balla (“wallpaper”)
• taobh-bhalla (“side-wall”)
• 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.

Further reading

• "balla" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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Italian

Etymology 1

Uncertain.

• From Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish *ball.
• From Lombardic *palla, *balla.

Both etymologies ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ballô, *balluz (“ball”). Doublet of palla.

Noun

balla f (plural balle)

1. large bundle, torsello, bale, reap

   Synonyms: fagotto, fardello

2. falsehood, lie, malarkey

   Synonyms: bugia, frottola, fandonia

3. (vulgar, especially in the plural) testicle, bollock

   Synonyms: palla, coglione

Derived terms

• imballare
• sballare

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

balla

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ballene

Noun

balla n pl

1. definite plural of ball (Etymology 2)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

balla n pl

1. definite plural of ball (Etymology 2)

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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

Etymology

From Middle English bailly (“outer castle wall”), from Medieval Latin ballium (“bail, security”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɫ̪ə/

Noun

balla m (genitive singular balla, plural ballachan)

1. (architecture) wall

Mutation

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

Further reading

• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911) , “balla”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page balla

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Swedish

Adjective

balla

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of ball.

See also

• balla ur