ballat

See also: ballát and ballât

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈʎat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [baˈʎat]
• Rhymes: -at

Participle

ballat (feminine ballada, masculine plural ballats, feminine plural ballades)

1. past participle of ballar

Maltese

Root
b-l-t
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic بَلَّطَ (ballaṭa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbal.lat/

Verb

ballat (imperfect jballat, past participle mballat, verbal noun tablit or tiblit or tballit)

1. to beat down, to pound
2. to flatten
3. (used of earth or soil) to pack by beating down

Conjugation

Conjugation of ballat

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	ballatt	ballatt	ballat		ballatna	ballattu	balltu
	f			balltet
imperfect	m	nballat	tballat	jballat		nballtu	tballtu	jballtu
	f			tballat
imperative			ballat				balltu

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *pëlëtēk.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpallah(t)/

Verb

ballat

1. to fear

Inflection

Even a-stem, ll-l gradation
infinitive	ballat
1st sing. present	balan
1st sing. past	ballen
infinitive	ballat	action noun	ballan
present participle	balˈli	action inessive	ballamin ballame
past participle	ballan	action elative	ballamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	ballamiin
		abessive	balakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	balan	ballen	ballon
2nd singular	balat	ballet	bala
3rd singular	ballá	balai	ballos
1st dual	balle	balaime	balˈlu
2nd dual	ballabeahtti	balaide	balˈli
3rd dual	ballaba	balaiga	balloska
1st plural	ballat	balaimet	ballot balˈlut
2nd plural	ballabēhtet	balaidet	ballet balˈlit
3rd plural	ballet	balle	balloset
connegative	bala	ballan	bala
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	balašin balašedjen	balalin balaledjen	balažan
2nd singular	balašit balašedjet	balalit balaledjet	balažat
3rd singular	balašii	balalii	balaža balaš
1st dual	balašeimme	balaleimme	balažetne
2nd dual	balašeidde	balaleidde	balažeahppi
3rd dual	balašeigga	balaleigga	balažeaba
1st plural	balašeimmet	balaleimmet	balažit balažat
2nd plural	balašeiddet	balaleiddet	balažēhpet
3rd plural	balaše balašedje	balale balaledje	balažit
connegative	balaše	balale	balaš

Derived terms

• balahahtti
• ballalas
• balˈlát
• ballu

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland