ባል

Amharic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *baʕl-. Cognates include Ge'ez በዓል (bäʿal) and Tigrinya በዓል (bäʿal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbal/
  • Hyphenation: ባል

Noun

ባል • (bal) m

  1. husband
    Coordinate term: ሚስት (mist, “wife”)
  2. master
  3. festival

Declension

Definiteness forms of ባል
masculine
indefinite ባል (bal)
definite subject ባሉ (balu)
definite object ባሉን (balun)
general object ባልን (balən)
Possessive forms of ባል (bal)
singular plural formal
first person ባሌ (bale) ባላችን (balaččən) —
second person m ባልህ (baləh) ባላችሁ (balaččəhu) ባልዎ (balwo)
f ባልሽ (baləš)
third person m ባሉ (balu) ባላቸው (balaččäw)
f ባሏ (balʷa)

References

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990), “ባል”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
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