بال
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بال¹
- /baːl/
Where it comes from
It is explained as reanalysis of بَاءَ لِي (bāʔa lī, “it has come upon me”); predating Arabic literature by a millennium at least since there is Biblical Aramaic בָּל (bāl, “mind, heed”).
noun بَال · bāl · الْبَال · بَالٌ
- mind, heart
- state, condition ما بالُكَ مُتهوِّرًا في السِيَاقة؟
- attention, mindfulness, heed
بال²
- /baː.la/
- /boːl/ Central Asia
Where it comes from
Denominal verb of بَوْل (bawl, “urine”), itself related by metathesis, univerbation, or another process happening before the record of Arabic, to وَبْل (wabl, “a heavy, large-dropped rain”).
verb بَالَ · bāla · يَبُولُ · بَوْل · بَائِل
- to urinate
بال³
- /baː.lin/
Where it comes from
Derived from the active participle of بَلِيَ (baliya, “to wear out”).
adjective بَالٍ · bālin · بَالِي · بَالِيَة · بَالُون · بَالِيَات
- worn out
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obsolete, outdated
تفكيرُهُ بالٍ.
Similar: بَلِيّ
In English
- antiquated old fashioned
- urinate to pass urine from the body
- shabby of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due
- worn-out damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or us
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