بالة
Arabic
Alternative forms
- بَآلَة (baʾāla), بَأْلَة (baʾla)
Etymology
Via an Aramaic dialect form equivalent Classical Syriac ܒܠܬܐ (balləṯā, “perfume flask, ampulla”) from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (pygʾl /*paygāl/, “goblet, chalice, cup”), which is in Persian پیاله (piyāla) and thence has been reborrowed in Arabic dialects as بيالة (biyāla, “cup”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baː.la/
Noun
بَالَة • (bāla) f (plural بَالَات (bālāt) or بَال (bāl))
- (obsolete, Banū al-Ḥāriṯ and few other dialects) a large flask, flagon, bottle
- Synonyms: فِلَسْقِيَّة (filasqiyya), قِنِّينَة (qinnīna), زُجَاجَة (zujāja), قَارُورَة (qārūra)
- a. 786, Kitāb al-ʿAyn:
- والبألة: القارورة بلغة بلحارث، وهي بالنّبطية بالتّاء.
- Al-baʾla is the flask in the dialect of the Balḥāriṯ, and in Nabataean with [trailing] t.
- 2015 May 25, “ازيثروميسين اقراص مضاد حيوي فعال Azithromycin tablets”, in Al-ʾAjzaḵāna:
- اشكال الدواء
١- مسحوق للحل ( للزرق ) معبأ في قارورة ( بالة ) : 500 مغ.- Dosage
Grinding or dissolving, filling into a flask: 500 mg
- Dosage
Declension
Declension of noun بَالَة (bāla)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | بَالَة bāla | الْبَالَة al-bāla | بَالَة bālat |
| Nominative | بَالَةٌ bālatun | الْبَالَةُ al-bālatu | بَالَةُ bālatu |
| Accusative | بَالَةً bālatan | الْبَالَةَ al-bālata | بَالَةَ bālata |
| Genitive | بَالَةٍ bālatin | الْبَالَةِ al-bālati | بَالَةِ bālati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | بَالَتَيْن bālatayn | الْبَالَتَيْن al-bālatayn | بَالَتَيْ bālatay |
| Nominative | بَالَتَانِ bālatāni | الْبَالَتَانِ al-bālatāni | بَالَتَا bālatā |
| Accusative | بَالَتَيْنِ bālatayni | الْبَالَتَيْنِ al-bālatayni | بَالَتَيْ bālatay |
| Genitive | بَالَتَيْنِ bālatayni | الْبَالَتَيْنِ al-bālatayni | بَالَتَيْ bālatay |
| Plural | sound feminine plural; basic broken plural triptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | بَالَات; بَال bālāt; bāl | الْبَالَات; الْبَال al-bālāt; al-bāl | بَالَات; بَال bālāt; bāl |
| Nominative | بَالَاتٌ; بَالٌ bālātun; bālun | الْبَالَاتُ; الْبَالُ al-bālātu; al-bālu | بَالَاتُ; بَالُ bālātu; bālu |
| Accusative | بَالَاتٍ; بَالًا bālātin; bālan | الْبَالَاتِ; الْبَالَ al-bālāti; al-bāla | بَالَاتِ; بَالَ bālāti; bāla |
| Genitive | بَالَاتٍ; بَالٍ bālātin; bālin | الْبَالَاتِ; الْبَالِ al-bālāti; al-bāli | بَالَاتِ; بَالِ bālāti; bāli |
References
- Elmaz, Orhan (2014), “Investigating South Arabian words in al-Khalīl's Kitāb al-ʿayn”, in Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, volume 44, Supplement: Language of Southern Arabia: Papers from the Special Session of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held on 27 July 2013, Oxford: Archaeopress, page 34a
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 81
- “pyly2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “blh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
From Spanish pala.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baː.la/
Noun
بالة • (bāla) f (plural بالات (bālāt))
- shovel