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Arabic
Verb
بَالِي • (bālī) (form III)
- second-person feminine singular active imperative of بَالَى (bālā)
Gulf Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic بالي (common informal pronunciation of بالٍ (bālin)), from the verb بَلِيَ (baliya, “to wear out, to attrit”).
Pronunciation
Noun
بالي • (bāli) m or f (plural بالنا (bālna))
- بال (bāl, “mind, thinking, attention”)+ـي (-i, “first person singular possessive affix”): my mind, my thinking, my attention
- بالي راح بعيد ― bāli rāḥ bʕīd ― I was thinking of matters unrelated to what was said (literally, “my mind went far (away)”)
Adjective
بالي • (bāli) (feminine بالْية (bālya))
- untidy, unclean, in bad shape
- Synonyms: مبهذل (mbahḏal), معفس (mʕaffas)
- Synonyms: مرتب (mrattab), چيك (čīk)