bál

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -aːl

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Ball.

Noun

bál m inan

1. ball (formal dance)

   Synonym: ples

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

bál

1. masculine singular past active participle of bát

Further reading

• bál in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• bál in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bál (whence the Danish bål (“bonfire, pyre”), Norwegian bål and Swedish bål (“pyre, bonfire”)) from Proto-Germanic *bēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with the Old English bæl. Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour”), Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, “white”) and Old Armenian բալ (bal, “fog”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔɑːl/

  Rhymes: -ɔɑːl

• Rhymes: -ɔaːl

Noun

bál n (genitive singular báls, plural bál)

1. fire

Declension

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

bál (plural bálok)

1. ball (party)

Declension

Primarily:

Less commonly:

or rarely

Derived terms

Further reading

• bál in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• bál , archaic synonym of bála (“bale, truss”)
• bál in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Anagrams

• láb

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bál (whence the Danish bål (“fire, bonfire, pyre”), Norwegian bål and Swedish bål (“pyre, bonfire”)) from Proto-Germanic *bēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with the Old English bæl. Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour”), Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, “white”) and Old Armenian բալ (bal, “fog”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pauːl/

  Rhymes: -auːl

Noun

bál n (genitive singular báls, nominative plural bál)

1. a fire, a bonfire
2. a conflagration, a blaze

Declension

Synonyms

• (conflagration): eldsvoði, stórbruni

Derived terms

• bálför

Anagrams

• blá

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bal.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /bˠɑːlˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠæːlˠ/

Noun

bál m (genitive singular báil, nominative plural báil)

1. ball (formal dance)

Declension

Derived terms

• bálghúna

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bál”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “bál” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “bál” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour”), Old English bǣl, Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, “white”) and Old Armenian բալ (bal, “fog”).

Noun

bál n (genitive báls, plural bál)

1. fire

Descendants

• Danish: bål (“pyre, bonfire”)
• Faroese: bál n
• Icelandic: bál (“a fire”)
• Swedish: bål (“pyre, bonfire”)
• Norwegian: bål (“pyre, fire, bonfire”)