basla

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

basla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative baslaði, supine baslað)

  1. (intransitive) to toil, to work hard
    Synonyms: erfiða, strita, streða, baksa, púla, hamast, djöflast
  2. (intransitive) to live in poverty

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • basl (toil, drudgery; poverty, destitution)

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic بَصَلَة (baṣala).

Pronunciation

Noun

basla f (collective basal, plural basliet)

  1. onion
    • 2018, “Tasal li tiekol burger bid-dud?”, in Television Malta (TVM)[1]:
      Biex il-burger ikun komplut jisserva bil-ħass, basal u tadam u diġà kien suċċess fl-Olanda u l-Belġju.
      For the burger to be complete it is served with lettuce, onions and tomatoes; it has already been a success in the Netherlands and Belgium.
  1. bulb

Derived terms