बाळ

See also: बळ, बळी, बाल, बीळ, and बोळ

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बाल (bāla). Cognate with Gujarati બાળ (bāḷ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baɭ̆/
  • Rhymes: -aɭ̆

Noun

बाळ • (bāḷ) n

  1. baby, young child
    Synonym: मूल n (mūl)

Declension

Declension of बाळ (neut cons-stem)
direct
singular
बाळ
bāḷ
direct
plural
बाळे, बाळं
bāḷe, bāḷa
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
बाळ
bāḷ
बाळे, बाळं
bāḷe, bāḷa
oblique
सामान्यरूप
बाळा
bāḷā
बाळां-
bāḷān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
बाळाला
bāḷālā
बाळांना
bāḷānnā
ergative बाळाने, बाळानं
bāḷāne, bāḷāna
बाळांनी
bāḷānnī
instrumental बाळाशी
bāḷāśī
बाळांशी
bāḷānśī
locative
सप्तमी
बाळात
bāḷāt
बाळांत
bāḷāt
vocative
संबोधन
बाळा
bāḷā
बाळांनो
bāḷānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of बाळ (neut cons-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
बाळाचा
bāḷāċā
बाळाचे
bāḷāċe
बाळाची
bāḷācī
बाळाच्या
bāḷācā
बाळाचे, बाळाचं
bāḷāċe, bāḷāċa
बाळाची
bāḷācī
बाळाच्या
bāḷācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
बाळांचा
bāḷānċā
बाळांचे
bāḷānċe
बाळांची
bāḷāñcī
बाळांच्या
bāḷāncā
बाळांचे, बाळांचं
bāḷānċe, bāḷānċa
बाळांची
bāḷāñcī
बाळांच्या
bāḷāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “बाळ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “बाळ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “बाळ”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
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