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Arabic
Etymology
Verbal noun of بَلَا (balā).
Pronunciation
Noun
بَلَاء • (balāʔ) m
- verbal noun of بَلَا (balā, “to test, to try; to plague”)
- affliction, plague, scourge, bane
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:مصيبة
Declension
Declension of noun بَلَاء (balāʔ)
| Singular
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basic singular triptote
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| Indefinite
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Definite
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Construct
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| Informal
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بَلَاء
balāʔ
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الْبَلَاء
al-balāʔ
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بَلَاء
balāʔ
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| Nominative
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بَلَاءٌ
balāʔun
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الْبَلَاءُ
al-balāʔu
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بَلَاءُ
balāʔu
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| Accusative
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بَلَاءً
balāʔan
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الْبَلَاءَ
al-balāʔa
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بَلَاءَ
balāʔa
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| Genitive
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بَلَاءٍ
balāʔin
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الْبَلَاءِ
al-balāʔi
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بَلَاءِ
balāʔi
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Descendants
Noun
بِلَاء • (bilāʔ) m
- (obsolete) verbal noun of بَالَى (bālā) (form III)
a. 965 CE, Al-Mutanabbi, بِنا مِنكَ فَوقَ الرَملِ ما بِكَ في الرَملِ:أَقَلُّ بِلَاءً بِٱلرَّزَايَا مِنَ الْقَنَا
وَأَقْدَمُ بَيْنَ الْجَحْفَلَيْنِ مِنَ النَّبْلِ- ʔaqallu bilāʔan bi-r-razāyā mina l-qanā
wa-ʔaqdamu bayna l-jaḥfalayni mina n-nabli - (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of noun بِلَاء (bilāʔ)
| Singular
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basic singular triptote
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| Indefinite
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Definite
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Construct
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| Informal
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بِلَاء
bilāʔ
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الْبِلَاء
al-bilāʔ
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بِلَاء
bilāʔ
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| Nominative
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بِلَاءٌ
bilāʔun
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الْبِلَاءُ
al-bilāʔu
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بِلَاءُ
bilāʔu
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| Accusative
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بِلَاءً
bilāʔan
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الْبِلَاءَ
al-bilāʔa
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بِلَاءَ
bilāʔa
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| Genitive
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بِلَاءٍ
bilāʔin
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الْبِلَاءِ
al-bilāʔi
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بِلَاءِ
bilāʔi
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