በዓል
Ge'ez
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *baʕl-. Related to Tigrinya በዓል (bäʿal).
Noun
በዓል • (bäʿal)
- owner, paterfamilias, husband
- the Phoenician god Baal
Noun
በዓል • (bäʿal) (plural በዓላት (bäʿalat))
Declension
Declension of በዓል (bäʿal)
| Number | State | Case | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative/genitive | accusative | |||
| singular | absolute | በዓል (bäʿal) | በዓለ (bäʿalä) | |
| construct | በዓለ (bäʿalä) | |||
| With possessive pronouns | 1s | በዓልየ (bäʿalyä) | ||
| 2ms | በዓልከ (bäʿalkä) | በዓለከ (bäʿaläkä) | ||
| 2fs | በዓልኪ (bäʿalki) | በዓለኪ (bäʿaläki) | ||
| 3ms | በዓሉ (bäʿalu) | በዓሎ (bäʿalo) | ||
| 3fs | በዓላ (bäʿala) | |||
| 1p | በዓልነ (bäʿalnä) | በዓለነ (bäʿalänä) | ||
| 2mp | በዓልክሙ (bäʿalkəmu) | በዓለክሙ (bäʿaläkmu) | ||
| 2fp | በዓልክን (bäʿalkən) | በዓለክን (bäʿaläkn) | ||
| 3mp | በዓሎሙ (bäʿalomu) | |||
| 3fp | በዓሎን (bäʿalon) | |||
| plural | absolute | በዓላት (bäʿalat) | በዓላተ (bäʿalatä) | |
| construct | በዓላተ (bäʿalatä) | |||
| With possessive pronouns | 1s | በዓላትየ (bäʿalatyä) | ||
| 2ms | በዓላቲከ (bäʿalatikä) | |||
| 2fs | በዓላትኪ (bäʿalatki); በዓላቲኪ (bäʿalatiki) | |||
| 3ms | በዓላቲሁ (bäʿalatihu) | |||
| 3fs | በዓላቲሃ (bäʿalatiha) | |||
| 1p | በዓላቲነ (bäʿalatinä) | |||
| 2mp | በዓላቲክሙ (bäʿalatikmu) | |||
| 2fp | በዓላቲክን (bäʿalatikn) | |||
| 3mp | በዓላቲሆሙ (bäʿalatihomu) | |||
| 3fp | በዓላቲሆን (bäʿalatihon) | |||
Derived terms
- በዓል ትክልት (bäʿal təkəlt, “fixed festival”)
- በዓል ኢትክልት (bäʿal ʾitəkəlt, “movable festival”)
- ኣብዓላ (ʾabʿala, “celebrate a festival”)
- ታብዕላ (tabəʿla, “(of a festival) be celebrated”)
References
- Dillmann, August (1865) “በዓል”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
Tigrinya
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *baʕl-.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: በ‧ዓል
Noun
በዓል • (bäʿal)