FromBaal.
baal (pluralbaals)
- afalsedeity oridol
- (obsolete, derogatory)Catholic orOrthodoxicons of thesaints.
- bal(alternative spelling)
FromMiddle High Germanbalde, fromOld High Germanbaldo, frombald(“quick”). Cognate withGermanbald.
baal
- (most dialects)soon
Du moss usbaal ens widder besöke!- You must visit us again some timesoon!
- (most dialects)almost
- Synonyms:fass,fast,beinoh
Ich hann et aldbaal foffzehn Mol probiert.- I've tried italmost fifteen times.
Hä jehtbaal emmer ohne Jack op de Stroß.- Healmost always goes out without a jacket.
2002, “Du bes die Stadt”[1]performed byBläck Fööss:Frech wie Dreck, doch et Hätz es jot.
E klei bessje verdötsch, met nix jet am Hot.
Jot jelaunt, datt etbaal schon nerv.
All dat ha’ mer vun dir jeerv.- As impudent as dirt, but your heart is good.
A little bit simple-minded, not caring too much about anything.
So good-humoured that it'salmost annoying.
All of that we've inherited from you.
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
baal m
- (Sette Comuni)drainagechannel
Elchar stall hat anbaal so büuran ausar ausont 's lautare.- Each barn has adrainage channel to carry the liquid outside.
- “baal” inMartalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974)Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
FromMiddle Dutchbale, fromOld Frenchbale, itself ofGermanic origin and related toProto-Germanic*balluz.Doublet ofbal.
baal f (pluralbalen,diminutivebaaltje n)
- abale ofhay orstraw
- a closedbag orpackage ofwares
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
baal
- inflection ofbalen:
- first-personsingularpresentindicative
- (in case ofinversion)second-personsingularpresentindicative
- imperative
Derived fromEnglishbawl.
baal
- tocry
baál
- G-string
Cognate withJiiddubaal.[1]
baal ?
- wing
- ^Salim Alio Ibro (1998)English-Jiddu-Somali Mini-Dictionary, Victoria, Australia: La Trobe University Language Center,→ISBN
baal
- Unable tofeel physically, usually due tocold temperature orinjection;numb
Suntikan ieu téh ambéhbaal pas dicabut gigi.- This injection is to make [you] feelnumb during your tooth extraction.
- Danadibrata, R.A. (2006)Kamus Basa Sunda, Bandung: Kiblat
baal (transitive)
- tohide, toconceal
- toprotect, toshelter, toshield
- toguard, tokeep
Conjugation of baal
| aspect | optative | inperfective | perfective | resultative | imperative |
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| active voice | bal | balik | balaj | balmaj | balej |
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| antipassive voice | baalnak | baal | baalnaj | baalnajaʼan | baalnen |
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| mediopassive voice | báalak | báalal | báal | baalal | — |
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| passive voice | baʼalak | baʼalal | baʼal | balaʼan | — |
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