baal

From Baal.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːl/
• Rhymes: -ɑːl

baal (plural baals)

1. a false deity or idol
2. (obsolete, derogatory) Catholic or Orthodox icons of the saints.

• (a false deity): false god

• AABL, Alba, Bala, LABA, alba, blaa, laab

• bal (alternative spelling)

From Middle High German balde, from Old High German baldo, from bald (“quick”). Cognate with German bald.

• IPA^(key): /baːl/

baal

1. (most dialects) soon

   Du moss us baal ens widder besöke!

   You must visit us again some time soon!

2. (most dialects) almost

   Synonyms: fass, fast, beinoh

   Ich hann et ald baal foffzehn Mol probiert.

   I've tried it almost fifteen times.

   Hä jeht baal emmer ohne Jack op de Stroß.

   He almost always goes out without a jacket.

   • 2002, “Du bes die Stadt”‎performed by Bläck Fööss:

     Frech wie Dreck, doch et Hätz es jot.
     E klei bessje verdötsch, met nix jet am Hot.
     Jot jelaunt, datt et baal schon nerv.
     All dat ha’ mer vun dir jeerv.

     As impudent as dirt, but your heart is good.
     A little bit simple-minded, not caring too much about anything.
     So good-humoured that it's almost annoying.
     All of that we've inherited from you.

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baal m

1. (Sette Comuni) drainage channel

   Elchar stall hat an baal so büuran ausar ausont 's lautare.

   Each barn has a drainage channel to carry the liquid outside.

• “baal” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

• IPA^(key): /baːl/, [baːl]

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• Hyphenation: baal
• Rhymes: -aːl
• Homophone: Baal

From Middle Dutch bale, from Old French bale, itself of Germanic origin and related to Proto-Germanic *balluz. Doublet of bal.

baal f (plural balen, diminutive baaltje n)

1. A bale of hay or straw.
2. A closed bag or package of wares.

• hooibaal
• strobaal
• vlooienbaal

• Afrikaans: baal
• → Lokono: bali
• → Indonesian: bal

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

baal

1. inflection of balen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Derived from English bawl.

baal

1. to cry
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jan 11:35:

     Jiizas baal.

     Jesus wept.

• baal at majstro.com

baál

1. G-string

Cognate with Jiiddu baal.[1]

baal ?

1. wing

baal (transitive)

1. to hide, to conceal
2. to protect, to shelter, to shield
3. to guard, to keep