balla

Alternative forms

• baller

Noun

balla (plural ballas)

1. (nonstandard, slang) One who is a superior ball player (usually basketball).

   Wow! This guy's a serious balla; he's gonna go pro.

Verb

balla

1. third-person singular present indicative form of ballar
2. second-person singular imperative form of ballar

Noun

balla f (plural [please provide])

1. trap

References

• “balla” in Umberto Martello Martalar, Alfonso Bellotto, Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Setti Communi vicentini, 1st edition, 1974.

Verb

balla (third person singular past indicative ballaði, third person plural past indicative ballað, supine ballað)

1. to wrap

Pronunciation

• Homophones: ballas, ballât

Verb

balla

1. third-person singular past historic of baller

Noun

balla

1. indefinite genitive plural of böllur

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English wall, from Old English weall (“wall, dike”), from Proto-Germanic *wallaz, *wallą (“wall, rampart, entrenchment”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, entrenchment, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, roll”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠal̪ˠə/
• (West Muskerry) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɑl̪ˠə/

Noun

balla m (genitive singular balla, nominative plural ballaí)

1. wall

Mutation

Further reading

• "balla" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Noun

balla f (plural balle)

1. a large bundle, torsello or bale
2. a falsehood, a lie
3. (vulgar, especially in plural) a testicle, bollock

Verb

balla

1. third-person singular present indicative of ballare
2. second-person singular imperative of ballare

Alternative forms

• ballene

Noun

balla n pl

1. definite plural of ball (Etymology 2)

Noun

balla n pl

1. definite plural of ball (Etymology 2)

Noun

balla f (plural ballas)

1. (sports, Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) ball

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɫ̪ə/

Noun

balla m (genitive singular balla, plural ballachan)

1. (architecture) wall

Mutation

Adjective

balla

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of ball.