# bál
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbaːl]
* Rhymes: -aːl

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Ball.

#### Noun

bál m inan
* ball (formal dance)
    Synonym: ples

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Participle

bál
* masculine singular past active participle of bát

### Further reading

* “bál”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “bál”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “bál”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse bál (whence the Danish bål (“bonfire, pyre”), Norwegian bål and Swedish bål (“pyre, bonfire”)) from Proto-Germanic *bēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with the Old English bæl. Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour”), Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, “white”) and Old Armenian բալ (bal, “fog”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔɑːl/
    Rhymes: -ɔɑːl
* Rhymes: -ɔaːl

### Noun

bál n (genitive singular báls, plural bál)
* fire

#### Declension
## Hungarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Ball.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbaːl]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aːl

### Noun

bál (plural bálok)
* ball (party)

#### Declension

Primarily:
Less commonly:
or rarely

#### Derived terms

* álarcosbál
* bálterem

### Further reading

* bál in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* bál , archaic synonym of bála (“bale, truss”)
* bál in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

### Anagrams

* láb

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse bál (whence the Danish bål (“fire, bonfire, pyre”), Norwegian bål and Swedish bål (“pyre, bonfire”)) from Proto-Germanic *bēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with the Old English bæl. Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour”), Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, “white”) and Old Armenian բալ (bal, “fog”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pauːl/
    Rhymes: -auːl

### Noun

bál n (genitive singular báls, nominative plural bál)
* fire, bonfire
* conflagration, blaze
    Synonyms: eldsvoði, stórbruni

#### Derived terms

* bálför

### Anagrams

* blá

## Irish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bal.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /bˠɑːlˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /bˠæːlˠ/

### Noun

bál m (genitive singular báil, nominative plural báil)
* ball (formal dance)

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
bál
báil
vocative
a bháil
a bhála
genitive
báil
bál
dative
bál
báil
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an bál
na báil
genitive
an bháil
na mbál
dative
leis an mbál don bhál
leis na báil :

#### Derived terms

* bálghúna

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bál”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bál”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “bál”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour”), Old English bǣl, Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, “white”) and Old Armenian բալ (bal, “fog”).

### Noun

bál n (genitive báls, plural bál)
* large fire, pyre
** Vafþrúðnismál 54
    Fjǫlð ek fór, · fjǫlð freistaða’k, fjǫlð ek reynda regin; Hvat mælti Óðinn · áðr á bál stigi sjalfr í eyra syni?Far I travelled, far I tempted, far I tested the Powers. What spoke Woden, before onto the pyre he stepped, himself, in his son’s ear?

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: bál (“a fire”)
* Faroese: bál n
* Norwegian: bål (“pyre, fire, bonfire”)
* Swedish: bål (“pyre, bonfire”)
* Danish: bål (“pyre, bonfire”)

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [baːl]

### Noun

bál m inan (relational adjective bálový)
* ball (formal dance)
    Synonym: ples

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “bál”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025