bela

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bela"

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بلا (bela, “calamity, misfortune, evil, trouble”). from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ).

Noun

bela m (plural belatë)

1. (colloquial) trouble

   Ç'na gjeti belaja!

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (colloquial) annoyance, nuisance

Further reading

• “bela”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• bel-la (with geminate /ll/)
• bel (masculine)

Etymology

From Latin bella (“pretty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbela/
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: be‧la

Adjective

bela f

1. strange (in certain expressions)

Determiner

bela f

1. any, anyone

References

• Badia I Margarit, Antonio. 1950. El habla del Valle de Bielsa. Barcelona: Instituto de Estudios Pirenaicos. 88, 232.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɛ.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɛ.la]

Verb

bela

1. inflection of belar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Chibcha

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βela/

Noun

bela

1. candle, cylindrical piece made of wax with a wick in its center, which serves to light

References

• Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Esperanto

Etymology

Common Romance, from Latin bellus.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbela/
• Hyphenation: be‧la
• Rhymes: -ela

Adjective

bela (accusative singular belan, plural belaj, accusative plural belajn)

1. beautiful, pretty
   • 1907, Filipina Esperantisto, Volumes 1-2‎^[2]:

     Kiaj belaj estas ĝiaj altaj montoj tute kovritaj de kreskaĵoj!

     How beautiful are its tall mountains completely covered with plants!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Genezo 12:14.

     Kaj kiam Abram venis Egiptujon, la Egiptoj vidis, ke la virino estas tre bela.

     And when Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

   Antonym: malbela

Derived terms

• belega

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.lɐ/

Adjective

bela

1. feminine singular of belo

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto bela, French beau, Italian bello, Spanish belo, from Latin bellus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.la/

Adjective

bela

1. beautiful

Antonyms

• leda

Derived terms

• beleskar (“to embellish”)
• beligar (“to beautify, embellish”)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bela (“advocate, defend, avenge”), from Old Javanese bela (“be prepared to die with another person, die for and with another person”), welā (“limit of time, period, hour, last hour, hour of death”), from Sanskrit वेला (velā, “point, time, end”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛ.la/
• Rhymes: -la, -a
• Hyphenation: bèla

Verb

bela

1. to look after (used in the form membela)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bela (meng-, transitive)
Root	bela
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Emphatic / Jussive
Active	membela		dibela	bela	belalah
Locative	membelai		dibelai	belai	belailah
Causative / Applicative1	membelakan		dibelakan	belakan	belakanlah
	Causative
Active
Locative
Causative / Applicative1
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• membela
• pembela
• pembelaan

 

Further reading

• “bela” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Hyphenation: bè‧la

Verb

bela

1. inflection of belare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Abèl, Elba, albe

Mirandese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *vela, from the plural of Latin velum.

Noun

bela f (plural belas)

1. (nautical) sail
2. sail, blade of a windmill
3. spark plug

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ).

Noun

bela ?

1. affliction

Northern Sotho

Verb

bela

1. to boil

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

bela

1. simple past of belegge

Old Irish

Noun

bela

1. Alternative spelling of béla

Mutation

Mutation of bela

radical	lenition	nasalization
bela	bela pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbela

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

Old Occitan

Adjective

bela

1. feminine singular of bel

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.la/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Syllabification: be‧la

Etymology 1

Back-formation from belka.

Noun

bela f

1. Augmentative of belka; large beam, large plank
2. spool, reel, bolt (of paper or fabric)
3. bale (a rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation)

   Synonyms: bal, balot

4. bale (ten reams of paper)

Declension

Declension of bela

	singular	plural
nominative	bela	bele
genitive	beli	beli/bel
dative	beli	belom
accusative	belę	bele
instrumental	belą	belami
locative	beli	belach
vocative	belo	bele

Related terms

adjectives

• beleczkowy
• belkowy

 

noun

• beleczka

 

verbs

• belkować impf, obelkować pf
• belować impf

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bela m inan

1. genitive/accusative singular of bel

Further reading

• bela in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bela in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.lɐ/

• Homophone: vela (Northern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: be‧la

Adjective

bela

1. feminine singular of belo
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 135:

     Ele agora tem uma casa nas montanhas, foi Dumbledore que arranjou, uma bela caverna.

     He now has a home in the mountains, Dumbledore is who provided it, a beautiful cave.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From bèlot, belȍt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bêla/
• Hyphenation: be‧la

Noun

bȅla f (Cyrillic spelling бе̏ла)

1. belote

Adjective

bela

1. inflection of beo:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

References

• “bela”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Sotho

Verb

bela

1. to boil (something)

Swazi

Etymology

From -ba +‎ -ela.

Verb

-béla

1. to steal from

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Tswana

Verb

bela

1. to boil

Turkish

Alternative forms

• belâ

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بلا (belâ), from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ, “affliction”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.laː/

Noun

bela (definite accusative belayı, plural belalar)

1. affliction, trouble

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	bela
Definite accusative	belayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bela	belalar
Definite accusative	belayı	belaları
Dative	belaya	belalara
Locative	belada	belalarda
Ablative	beladan	belalardan
Genitive	belanın	belaların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular belam belalarım 2nd singular belan belaların 3rd singular belası belaları 1st plural belamız belalarımız 2nd plural belanız belalarınız 3rd plural belaları belaları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular belamı belalarımı 2nd singular belanı belalarını 3rd singular belasını belalarını 1st plural belamızı belalarımızı 2nd plural belanızı belalarınızı 3rd plural belalarını belalarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular belama belalarıma 2nd singular belana belalarına 3rd singular belasına belalarına 1st plural belamıza belalarımıza 2nd plural belanıza belalarınıza 3rd plural belalarına belalarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular belamda belalarımda 2nd singular belanda belalarında 3rd singular belasında belalarında 1st plural belamızda belalarımızda 2nd plural belanızda belalarınızda 3rd plural belalarında belalarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular belamdan belalarımdan 2nd singular belandan belalarından 3rd singular belasından belalarından 1st plural belamızdan belalarımızdan 2nd plural belanızdan belalarınızdan 3rd plural belalarından belalarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular belamın belalarımın 2nd singular belanın belalarının 3rd singular belasının belalarının 1st plural belamızın belalarımızın 2nd plural belanızın belalarınızın 3rd plural belalarının belalarının
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular belayım belalarım 2nd singular belasın belalarsın 3rd singular bela beladır belalar belalardır 1st plural belayız belalarız 2nd plural belasınız belalarsınız 3rd plural belalar belalardır

Turkmen

Etymology

From Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: be‧la

Noun

bela (definite accusative belany, plural belalar)

1. disaster, catastrophe

Declension

Declension of bela

	singular	plural
nominative	bela	belalar
accusative	belany	belalary
genitive	belanyň	belalaryň
dative	belā	belalara
locative	belada	belalarda
ablative	beladan	belalardan

Further reading

• “bela” in Enedilim.com
• “bela” in Webonary.org

Volapük

Noun

bela

1. genitive singular of bel