balla

English

Noun

balla (plural ballas)

1. (slang, nonstandard) Alternative form of baller (all senses except "person who divides molten metal")

Catalan

Verb

balla

1. inflection of ballar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Cimbrian

Noun

balla f (plural balln)

1. (Mezzaselva) Alternative form of valla

Declension

Faroese

Etymology

Related to sense 3 of English bale (“to wrap into a bale”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

Verb

balla (third person singular past indicative ballaði, third person plural past indicative ballað, supine ballað)

1. to wrap

Conjugation

Further reading

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: ballas, ballât

Verb

balla

1. third-person singular past historic of baller

Icelandic

Noun

balla

1. indefinite genitive plural of böllur

Ilocano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bal‧lá
• IPA^(key): /balˈla/,

Noun

ballá

1. frenzy
2. (medicine) rabies
3. white fish

Derived terms

• agballa

Irish

Alternative forms

• falla (Munster)

Etymology

From Middle Irish *balla, from Middle English wal, from Old English weall (“wall, dike”), from Proto-Germanic *wallaz, *wallą (“wall, rampart, entrenchment”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, entrenchment, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”).

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑl̪ˠə/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠal̪ˠə/
• Homophone: baladh (Cois Fharraige)

Noun

balla m (genitive singular balla, nominative plural ballaí)

1. (Connacht, Ulster) wall

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “balla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 79

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbal.la/
• Rhymes: -alla
• Hyphenation: bàl‧la

Etymology 1

Uncertain.

• From Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish *ballu.
• From Lombardic *palla, *balla.

Both etymologies ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ballô, *balluz (“ball”). Doublet of palla.

Noun

balla f (plural balle, diminutive ballétta or ballettìna, augmentative ballóna, pejorative ballàccia)

1. large bundle, bale, reap

   Synonyms: fagotto, fardello, torsello

2. falsehood, lie, malarkey

   Synonyms: bugia, frottola, fandonia

3. (vulgar, usually in the plural) testicle, bollock

   Synonyms: palla, coglione

Derived terms

• imballare
• sballare

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: بالیه (balya)
  • Turkish: balya

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

balla

1. inflection of ballare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ballene

Noun

balla n pl

1. definite plural of ball (Etymology 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

balla n pl

1. definite plural of ball (Etymology 2)

Romansch

Noun

balla f (plural ballas)

1. (sports, Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) ball

Synonyms

• (Sutsilvan) bura
• (Surmiran) bora

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish *balla, from Middle English wal, from Old English weall (“wall, dike”), from Proto-Germanic *wallaz, *wallą (“wall, rampart, entrenchment”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, entrenchment, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɫ̪ə/

Noun

balla m (genitive singular balla, plural ballachan)

1. (architecture) wall

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “balla”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page balla

Swedish

Adjective

balla

1. inflection of ball:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

See also

• balla ur