bål

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bal"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse bál (“fire”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“light, bright”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːl

Noun

bål n (singular definite bålet, plural indefinite bål)

1. fire, bonfire, pyre

Inflection

Declension of bål

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bål	bålet	bål	bålene
genitive	båls	bålets	båls	bålenes

Derived terms

• bålfest
• bålfærd
• bålmad
• bålplads
• bålsted
• båltale

 

See also

• ild c

References

• “bål” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse bál.

Noun

bål n (definite singular bålet, indefinite plural bål, definite plural båla or bålene)

1. a bonfire

Derived terms

• leirbål

References

• “bål” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse bál.

Noun

bål n (definite singular bålet, indefinite plural bål, definite plural båla)

1. a bonfire

Derived terms

• leirbål

References

• “bål” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

ett bål (sense 1)

en bål (sense 1)

en bål (sense 1)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːl/
• Rhymes: -oːl

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bál (“fire”), from Proto-Germanic *bēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“light, bright”).

Noun

bål n

2. pyre, bonfire

Declension

Declension of bål
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bål	bålet	bål	bålen
Genitive	båls	bålets	båls	bålens

Derived terms

• bokbål

See also

• brand
• brasa
• eld
• kase
• vårdkase

 

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bolr (“bole”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell up”). Doublet of boll, bula, and bulle. Cognate of English bole, German Bohle (“thick plank”).

Noun

bål c

2. (anatomy) torso
3. (botany) bole (trunk or stem of a tree)

Declension

Declension of bål
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bål	bålen	bålar	bålarna
Genitive	båls	bålens	bålars	bålarnas

Related terms

• bålgeting
• bålverk

 

See also

• stam

Etymology 3

From English bowl.

Noun

bål c

2. punch (fruity drink served in a punch bowl)
3. a punch bowl

Declension

Declension of bål
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bål	bålen	bålar	bålarna
Genitive	båls	bålens	bålars	bålarnas

References

• bål in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bål in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bål in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH
• bål in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• blå