बाळ

See also: बळ, बळी, बाल, बीळ, and बोळ

Marathi

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

बाळ • (bāḷ) n

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	oblique सामान्यरूप
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 ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “बाळ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
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