balë

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bale"

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ballā-, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *balnā-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰólh₁neh₂- (“the white one”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shining, white”).[1] Compare Latin flāgrāre (“to burn”), Old Church Slavonic бѣлъ (bělŭ, “white”), Lithuanian balnas (“pale”).

Pronunciation

Noun

balë f (plural bala, definite bala, definite plural balat)

  1. white spot (on forehead)
  2. badger

Declension

Declension of balë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative balë bala bala balat
accusative balën
dative bale balës balave balave
ablative balash

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “balë”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

Sango

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba˩.le˧/

Numeral

balë

  1. creates multiples of ten; -ty
    balë usïö ― forty
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