Contionary:ball

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Lifashian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian балл (ball). Doublet of balet.

Pronunciation

(Standard) IPA: [bæɬː]

Noun

ball m (1st declension, pl. balli)

  1. (sports) point, goal
    Elot nósso sya pitrám ballám ep lúm eseja.
    Our team won four points to two.

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Niemish

En basketball.

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *balluz.

Noun

² bàll n.m. mixed stem

  1. ball, spherical object
  2. (anatomy) ball of the hand, foot, etc.
  3. ball (dance)

Declension

declension of bàll (mm declension)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bàll bàllan bä̀lls bä̀llias
genitive bä̀lls bä̀lles bä̀lle bä̀llse
dative bàll bàllum bä̀llią bä̀llę

Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk ball, from Old Skundavisk ballu, from Halmisk ᛒᚨᛚᛚᚢ (ballu), ᛒᚨᛚᛚᚢᛉ (balluŕ), from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

Pronunciation

Noun

ball m. (class 3a, genitive balls or bæll, plural bælle)

  1. ball
    Hi feng the ball fæstlijk.
    He caught the ball firmly.

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