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Amharic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *baʕl-. Cognates include Ge'ez በዓል (bäʿal) and Tigrinya በዓል (bäʿal).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbal/
- Hyphenation: ባል
Noun
ባል • (bal) m
- husband
- master
- festival
Declension
Definiteness forms of ባል (bal)
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Masculine
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| Indefinite
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ባል (bal)
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| Definite subject
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ባሉ (balu)
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| Definite object
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ባሉን (balun)
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| General object
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ባልን (balən)
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Possessive forms of ባል (bal)
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Singular
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Plural
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Formal
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| First person
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ባሌ (bale)
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ባላችን (balaččən)
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—
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| Second person
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m
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ባልህ (baləh)
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ባላችሁ (balaččəhu)
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ባልዎ (balwo)
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| f
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ባልሽ (baləš)
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| Third person
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m
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ባሉ (balu)
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ባላቸው (balaččäw)
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| f
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ባሏ (balʷa)
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Coordinate terms
- (husband): ሚስት (mist, “wife”)
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ባል”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN