# baal
## English
### Etymology

From Baal.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈbɑːl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈbɑːl/
* Rhymes: -ɑːl

### Noun

baal (plural baals)
* a false deity or idol
* (obsolete, derogatory) Catholic or Orthodox icons of the saints.

#### Synonyms

* (a false deity): false god

### See also

* baal chesed
* baal-ha-bos

### Anagrams

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

## Central Franconian
### Alternative forms

* bal (alternative spelling)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baːl/

### Adverb

baal
* (most dialects) soon
    Du moss us baal ens widder besöke!You must visit us again some time soon!
* (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.

## Cimbrian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

baal m
* (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.

### References

* “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

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baːl/, [baːl]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: baal
* Rhymes: -aːl
* Homophone: Baal

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

baal f (plural balen, diminutive baaltje n)
* a bale of hay or straw
* a closed bag or package of wares

##### Derived terms

* hooibaal
* strobaal
* vlooienbaal

##### Descendants

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

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

baal
* inflection of balen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Jamaican Creole
### Etymology

Derived from English bawl.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaːl/

### Verb

baal
* to cry
** 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jan 11:35:Jiizas baal.Jesus wept.

### Further reading

* baal at majstro.com

## Limos Kalinga
### Noun

baál
* G-string

## Somali
### Etymology

Cognate with Jiiddu baal.

### Noun

baal ?
* wing

### References

* ↑ Salim Alio Ibro (1998) English-Jiddu-Somali Mini-Dictionary, Victoria, Australia: La Trobe University Language Center, →ISBN

## Sundanese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ba.ʔal/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

baal
* Unable to feel physically, usually due to cold temperature or injection; numb
    Suntikan ieu téh ambéh baal pas dicabut gigi.This injection is to make [you] feel numb during your tooth extraction.

#### References

* Danadibrata, R.A. (2006) Kamus Basa Sunda, Bandung: Kiblat

## Yucatec Maya
### Verb

baal (transitive)
* to hide, to conceal
* to protect, to shelter, to shield
* to guard, to keep

#### Inflection

| aspect | optative | inperfective | perfective | resultative | imperative |
| active voice | bal | balik | balaj | balmaj | balej |
| antipassive voice | baalnak | baal | baalnaj | baalnajaʼan | baalnen |
| mediopassive voice | báalak | báalal | báal | baalal | — |
| passive voice | baʼalak | baʼalal | baʼal | balaʼan | — |