بلاء

Arabic

Root
ب ل و (b l w)
11 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of بَلَا (balā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ba.laːʔ/
Rhymes: -aːʔ

Noun

بَلَاء • (balāʔ) m

verbal noun of بَلَا (balā, “to test, to try; to plague”)
affliction, plague, scourge, bane
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:مصيبة

Declension

Declension of noun **بَلَاء** (balāʔ)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَلَاء balāʔ	الْبَلَاء al-balāʔ	بَلَاء balāʔ
nominative	بَلَاءٌ balāʔun	الْبَلَاءُ al-balāʔu	بَلَاءُ balāʔu
accusative	بَلَاءً balāʔan	الْبَلَاءَ al-balāʔa	بَلَاءَ balāʔa
genitive	بَلَاءٍ balāʔin	الْبَلَاءِ al-balāʔi	بَلَاءِ balāʔi

Descendants

→ Adyghe: бэлахь (bɛlaḥ)
→ Albanian: bela
→ Armenian: բալա (bala), պելա (pela)
→ Azerbaijani: bəla
→ Bashkir: бәлә (bələ)
→ Georgian: ბალა (bala)
→ Persian: بلا (balâ)
→ Kazakh: бәле (bäle)
→ Khalaj: bəlâ
Kurdish:
→ Central Kurdish: بەڵا (bella)

→ Northern Kurdish: bela
→ Malay: bala
→ Swahili: balaa
→ Ottoman Turkish: بلا (belâ)
- → Turkish: bela
→ Spanish: embeleco
→ Turkmen: bela
→ Uyghur: بالا (bala)
→ Uzbek: balo

Noun

بِلَاء • (bilāʔ) m

(obsolete) verbal noun of بَالَى (bālā) (form III)
- a. 965 CE, Al-Mutanabbi, بِنا مِنكَ فَوقَ الرَملِ ما بِكَ في الرَملِ:
  أَقَلُّ بِلَاءً بِٱلرَّزَايَا مِنَ الْقَنَا
  وَأَقْدَمُ بَيْنَ الْجَحْفَلَيْنِ مِنَ النَّبْلِ
  ʔaqallu bilāʔan bi-r-razāyā mina l-qanā
  wa-ʔaqdamu bayna l-jaḥfalayni mina n-nabli
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of noun **بِلَاء** (bilāʔ)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بِلَاء bilāʔ	الْبِلَاء al-bilāʔ	بِلَاء bilāʔ
nominative	بِلَاءٌ bilāʔun	الْبِلَاءُ al-bilāʔu	بِلَاءُ bilāʔu
accusative	بِلَاءً bilāʔan	الْبِلَاءَ al-bilāʔa	بِلَاءَ bilāʔa
genitive	بِلَاءٍ bilāʔin	الْبِلَاءِ al-bilāʔi	بِلَاءِ bilāʔi