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See also: Bolla and bòlla

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin bulla. Doublet of butlla and bola.

Noun

bolla f (plural bolles)

  1. stamp, seal
Synonyms
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

bolla

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

Finnish

Pronunciation

Noun

bolla (slang)

  1. Alternative form of polla (“head”)

Declension

Inflection of bolla (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative bolla bollat
genitive bollan bollien
partitive bollaa bollia
illative bollaan bolliin
singular plural
nominative bolla bollat
accusative nom. bolla bollat
gen. bollan
genitive bollan bollien
bollainrare
partitive bollaa bollia
inessive bollassa bollissa
elative bollasta bollista
illative bollaan bolliin
adessive bollalla bollilla
ablative bollalta bollilta
allative bollalle bollille
essive bollana bollina
translative bollaksi bolliksi
abessive bollatta bollitta
instructive — bollin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of bolla (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative bollani bollani
accusative nom. bollani bollani
gen. bollani
genitive bollani bollieni
bollainirare
partitive bollaani bolliani
inessive bollassani bollissani
elative bollastani bollistani
illative bollaani bolliini
adessive bollallani bollillani
ablative bollaltani bolliltani
allative bollalleni bollilleni
essive bollanani bollinani
translative bollakseni bollikseni
abessive bollattani bollittani
instructive — —
comitative — bollineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative bollasi bollasi
accusative nom. bollasi bollasi
gen. bollasi
genitive bollasi bolliesi
bollaisirare
partitive bollaasi bolliasi
inessive bollassasi bollissasi
elative bollastasi bollistasi
illative bollaasi bolliisi
adessive bollallasi bollillasi
ablative bollaltasi bolliltasi
allative bollallesi bollillesi
essive bollanasi bollinasi
translative bollaksesi bolliksesi
abessive bollattasi bollittasi
instructive — —
comitative — bollinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative bollamme bollamme
accusative nom. bollamme bollamme
gen. bollamme
genitive bollamme bolliemme
bollaimmerare
partitive bollaamme bolliamme
inessive bollassamme bollissamme
elative bollastamme bollistamme
illative bollaamme bolliimme
adessive bollallamme bollillamme
ablative bollaltamme bolliltamme
allative bollallemme bollillemme
essive bollanamme bollinamme
translative bollaksemme bolliksemme
abessive bollattamme bollittamme
instructive — —
comitative — bollinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative bollanne bollanne
accusative nom. bollanne bollanne
gen. bollanne
genitive bollanne bollienne
bollainnerare
partitive bollaanne bollianne
inessive bollassanne bollissanne
elative bollastanne bollistanne
illative bollaanne bolliinne
adessive bollallanne bollillanne
ablative bollaltanne bolliltanne
allative bollallenne bollillenne
essive bollananne bollinanne
translative bollaksenne bolliksenne
abessive bollattanne bollittanne
instructive — —
comitative — bollinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative bollansa bollansa
accusative nom. bollansa bollansa
gen. bollansa
genitive bollansa bolliensa
bollainsarare
partitive bollaansa bolliaan
bolliansa
inessive bollassaan
bollassansa 		bollissaan
bollissansa
elative bollastaan
bollastansa 		bollistaan
bollistansa
illative bollaansa bolliinsa
adessive bollallaan
bollallansa 		bollillaan
bollillansa
ablative bollaltaan
bollaltansa 		bolliltaan
bolliltansa
allative bollalleen
bollallensa 		bollilleen
bollillensa
essive bollanaan
bollanansa 		bollinaan
bollinansa
translative bollakseen
bollaksensa 		bollikseen
bolliksensa
abessive bollattaan
bollattansa 		bollittaan
bollittansa
instructive — —
comitative — bollineen
bollinensa

Icelandic

Bollur.
Bolla.

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔlːa/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔlːa

Noun

bolla f (genitive singular bollu, nominative plural bollur)

  1. bun, roll (round bread)
  2. (specifically) a bun of the type eaten on bolludagur, with cream and jam in between halves, and sometimes with chocolate on top
  3. a ball made from minced meat, fish, etc.; meatball, fishball
  4. punch (a mix of alcohol, fruit, and fruit juice, served in a large bowl)
  5. (colloquial, derogatory) a fat person; fatso, tubby
Declension
declension of bolla
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bolla bollan bollur bollurnar
accusative bollu bolluna bollur bollurnar
dative bollu bollunni bollum bollunum
genitive bollu bollunnar bolla bollanna

Interjection

bolla!

  1. an exclamation that children shout on bolludagur while spanking their parents to demand buns

Verb

bolla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bollaði, supine bollað)

  1. on bolludagur (Shrove Monday), to spank someone (shouting bolla! bolla! bolla! for every hit), to get a bun (bolla) for each hit (usually done by children to their parents, using specially made decorated paddles)
Conjugation
bolla — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að bolla
supine
(sagnbót) 		bollað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		bollandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég bolla við bollum present
(nútíð) 		ég bolli við bollum
þú bollar þið bollið þú bollir þið bollið
hann, hún, það bollar þeir, þær, þau bolla hann, hún, það bolli þeir, þær, þau bolli
past
(þátíð) 		ég bollaði við bolluðum past
(þátíð) 		ég bollaði við bolluðum
þú bollaðir þið bolluðuð þú bollaðir þið bolluðuð
hann, hún, það bollaði þeir, þær, þau bolluðu hann, hún, það bollaði þeir, þær, þau bolluðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		bolla (þú) bollið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
bollaðu bolliði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
bollast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að bollast
supine
(sagnbót) 		bollast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		bollandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég bollast við bollumst present
(nútíð) 		ég bollist við bollumst
þú bollast þið bollist þú bollist þið bollist
hann, hún, það bollast þeir, þær, þau bollast hann, hún, það bollist þeir, þær, þau bollist
past
(þátíð) 		ég bollaðist við bolluðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég bollaðist við bolluðumst
þú bollaðist þið bolluðust þú bollaðist þið bolluðust
hann, hún, það bollaðist þeir, þær, þau bolluðust hann, hún, það bollaðist þeir, þær, þau bolluðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		bollast (þú) bollist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
bollastu bollisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
bollaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		bollaður bolluð bollað bollaðir bollaðar bolluð
accusative
(þolfall) 		bollaðan bollaða bollað bollaða bollaðar bolluð
dative
(þágufall) 		bolluðum bollaðri bolluðu bolluðum bolluðum bolluðum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		bollaðs bollaðrar bollaðs bollaðra bollaðra bollaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		bollaði bollaða bollaða bolluðu bolluðu bolluðu
accusative
(þolfall) 		bollaða bolluðu bollaða bolluðu bolluðu bolluðu
dative
(þágufall) 		bollaða bolluðu bollaða bolluðu bolluðu bolluðu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		bollaða bolluðu bollaða bolluðu bolluðu bolluðu

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See bolli.

Pronunciation

Noun

bolla

  1. indefinite accusative singular of bolli
  2. indefinite dative singular of bolli
  3. indefinite genitive singular of bolli
  4. indefinite accusative plural of bolli
  5. indefinite genitive plural of bolli

Irish

Etymology

From English bowl.

Noun

bolla m (genitive singular bolla, nominative plural bollaí)

  1. (sports) bowl

Declension

Declension of bolla

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bolla bollaí
Vocative a bholla a bhollaí
Genitive bolla bollaí
Dative bolla bollaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bolla na bollaí
Genitive an bholla na mbollaí
Dative leis an mbolla

don bholla

leis na bollaí

Derived terms

Related terms

  • bollán m (“large round stone, boulder”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bolla bholla mbolla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbol.la/
  • Rhymes: -olla
  • Hyphenation: ból‧la

Etymology 1

From Latin bulla.

Noun

bolla f (plural bolle)

  1. bubble
  2. blister
    Synonym: vescica
  3. papal bull; seal
  4. bill; note (paper money)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

bolla

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

Etymology 3

Verb

bolla

  1. inflection of bollire:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bullô. Cognate with Middle Dutch bolle (Dutch bol), Old Norse bolli, Old High German bolla.

Pronunciation

Noun

bolla m (nominative plural bollan)

  1. bowl

Declension

Declension of bolla (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative bolla bollan
accusative bollan bollan
genitive bollan bollena
dative bollan bollum

Descendants

  • Middle English: bolle

Swedish

Etymology

boll (“ball”) +‎ -a

Verb

bolla (present bollar, preterite bollade, supine bollat, imperative bolla)

  1. to play with a ball (for example by bouncing it)
  2. (figuratively) to pass something over or between
    bolla över frågan till någon
    turn the question over to someone
    bolla idéer
    bounce ideas
  3. (figuratively) to juggle (numbers or the like)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bolla (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive bolla bollas
Supine bollat bollats
Imperative bolla —
Imper. plural1 bollen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative bollar bollade bollas bollades
Ind. plural1 bolla bollade bollas bollades
Subjunctive2 bolle bollade bolles bollades
Participles
Present participle bollande
Past participle bollad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

References

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia