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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny; bright; gleaming; white”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *bělъ (“white”), Lithuanian bãlas, báltas (“white”), Latvian balts (“white”), Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, “white”), Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour”).
Pronunciation
Noun
*bēlą n
- fire
- pyre
Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *bēlą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*bēlą
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*bēlō
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vocative
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*bēlą
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*bēlō
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accusative
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*bēlą
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*bēlō
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genitive
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*bēlas, *bēlis
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*bēlǫ̂
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dative
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*bēlai
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*bēlamaz
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instrumental
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*bēlō
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*bēlamiz
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Descendants