bel

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bel"

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Translingual

Symbol

bel

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Belarusian.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛl/

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Homophones: bell, belle

Etymology 1

Named after Alexander Graham Bell.

Noun

bel (plural bels)

1. A measure of relative power, defined as log₁₀(P ₁/P ₂), where P₁ and P₂ are the measured and reference power respectively.

Derived terms

• centibel
• decibel
• femtobel
• gigabel
• nanobel

 

Translations

measure of relative power

• Belarusian: бел m (bjel)
• Bulgarian: бел (bg) m (bel)
• Czech: bel (cs) m
• French: bel (fr) m
• Hungarian: bel (hu)
• Icelandic: bel (is) n
• Macedonian: бел m (bel)
• Polish: bel (pl) m
• Russian: бе́л (ru) m (bél)
• Tatar: бел m (bel)
• Thai: เบล (bel)
• Ukrainian: бел m (bel)

References

• Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary

Etymology 2

Noun

bel (plural bels)

1. Alternative form of bael (“Indian tree”)

Anagrams

• BLE, EBL, LEB, Leb, Leb.

Albanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بل (bel, “waist; spade”) (Turkish bel).

Noun

bel m

1. (anatomy) waist

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish بل (bel, “spade”), from Persian بیل (bil, “spade”).

Noun

bel m

1. spade

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• bela, bel-la (feminine)

Etymology

From Latin bellus (“pretty”). Compare Gascon bèth for the determiner use.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbel/
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: bel

Adjective

bel m

1. strange (in certain expressions)

Determiner

bel m

1. any, anyone

References

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

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bel/

• Audio (Baku):

  (file)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l.

Noun

bel (definite accusative beli, plural bellər)

1. (anatomy) back of the body

   Synonyms: dal, arxa

   Belim ağrıyır. ― My back hurts.

   uşaqlığı at belində keçən adam ― a person whose childhood has passed on the back of a horse.

2. (anatomy) small of the back
3. (anatomy) waist

   Synonym: miyan

4. (geography) saddleback, saddle, col

Derived terms

• bel bağlamaq (“to rely on”)

Etymology 2

From Persian بیل (bil, “spade”).

Noun

bel (definite accusative beli, plural bellər)

1. spade

Declension

Declension of bel
	singular	plural
nominative	bel	bellr
definite accusative	beln	bellr
dative	bely	bellr
locative	beld	bellrd
ablative	beldn	bellrdn
definite genitive	belnn	bellrn

Possessive forms of bel
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	belm	bellrm
sənin (“your”)	beln	bellrn
onun (“his/her/its”)	bels	bellr
bizim (“our”)	belmz	bellrmz
sizin (“your”)	belnz	bellrnz
onların (“their”)	bels or bellr	bellr
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	belm	bellrm
sənin (“your”)	beln	bellrn
onun (“his/her/its”)	belsn	bellrn
bizim (“our”)	belmz	bellrmz
sizin (“your”)	belnz	bellrnz
onların (“their”)	belsn or bellrn	bellrn
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	belm	bellrm
sənin (“your”)	beln	bellrn
onun (“his/her/its”)	belsn	bellrn
bizim (“our”)	belmz	bellrmz
sizin (“your”)	belnz	bellrnz
onların (“their”)	belsn or bellrn	bellrn
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	belmd	bellrmd
sənin (“your”)	belnd	bellrnd
onun (“his/her/its”)	belsnd	bellrnd
bizim (“our”)	belmzd	bellrmzd
sizin (“your”)	belnzd	bellrnzd
onların (“their”)	belsnd or bellrnd	bellrnd
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	belmdn	bellrmdn
sənin (“your”)	belndn	bellrndn
onun (“his/her/its”)	belsndn	bellrndn
bizim (“our”)	belmzdn	bellrmzdn
sizin (“your”)	belnzdn	bellrnzdn
onların (“their”)	belsndn or bellrndn	bellrndn
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	belmn	bellrmn
sənin (“your”)	belnn	bellrnn
onun (“his/her/its”)	belsnn	bellrnn
bizim (“our”)	belmzn	bellrmzn
sizin (“your”)	belnzn	bellrnzn
onların (“their”)	belsnn or bellrnn	bellrnn

Further reading

• “bel” in Obastan.com.

Bislama

Etymology 1

From English bell.

Noun

bel

1. bell

Etymology 2

From English belly.

Noun

bel

1. belly

Etymology 3

From English bale.

Noun

bel

1. bale

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɛl]

Etymology 1

Deverbal from belar (“to bleat”).

Noun

bel m (plural bels)

1. baa, bleat

Related terms

• belar

Etymology 2

Noun

bel m (plural bels)

1. (physics, acoustics) bel

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛl/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bel
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch belle, from Old Dutch bella, from Proto-Germanic *bellǭ. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

bel f (plural bellen, diminutive belletje n)

1. bell
2. (obsolete) segment of a rattlesnake's rattle

Derived terms

• belhamel
• belleman
• beltrom
• beltrommel
• deurbel
• draaibel
• een belletje doen rinkelen
• fietsbel
• rinkelbel
• rotorbel
• toeters en bellen

 

Descendants

• → Caribbean Javanese: bèl
• → Sranan Tongo: bèl

Etymology 2

Probably a variant of bal (“ball, round convex object”)

Noun

bel f (plural bellen, diminutive belletje n)

1. bubble

   Synonym: bubbel

Derived terms

• luchtbel
• zeepbel

Etymology 3

Compare the semantic development of slet, but it is not certain whether the sense rag here is related to the sense referring to vulgar women, which is barely attested as simplex. Alternatively, the compounds featuring this words have been explained as being formed by analogy with snottebel or perhaps lellebel; note lellebellen (“to chit-chat”), which is attested as early as 1599 and may be related to German bellen (“to bark”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

bel ? (plural bellen, diminutive belletje n)

1. (obsolete, literally) rag
2. (obsolete, figuratively) loose, vulgar woman

Derived terms

• bellig
• lellebel
• morsebel
• slettebel
• teutebel
• totebel
• tuttebel

 

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bel

1. inflection of bellen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛl/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophones: bêle, belle

Etymology 1

see beau

Adjective

bel

1. form of beau used before a masculine noun that starts with a vowel sound

Usage notes

• used before masculine nouns that start with a vowel like animal but also before nouns that start with a vowel sound like homme, where the h is silent: un bel homme (/œ̃ bɛ.l‿ɔm/)

Related terms

• bel air
• bel-enfant
• bel esprit

Etymology 2

Named for Alexander Graham Bell

Noun

bel m (plural bels)

1. (sound engineering) bel (unit of sound intensity)

Derived terms

• décibel

Further reading

• “bel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• blé

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English belt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bél/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [bál]

Noun

bêl m

1. belt
2. seatbelt

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛl]
• Hyphenation: bel
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

From English bel.

Noun

bel

1. bel (a unit of measurement)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	bel	belek
accusative	belt	beleket
dative	belnek	beleknek
instrumental	bellel	belekkel
causal-final	belért	belekért
translative	bellé	belekké
terminative	belig	belekig
essive-formal	belként	belekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	belben	belekben
superessive	belen	beleken
adessive	belnél	beleknél
illative	belbe	belekbe
sublative	belre	belekre
allative	belhez	belekhez
elative	belből	belekből
delative	belről	belekről
ablative	beltől	belektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	belé	beleké
non-attributive possessive - plural	beléi	belekéi

Possessive forms of bel
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	belem	beleim
2nd person sing.	beled	beleid
3rd person sing.	bele	belei
1st person plural	belünk	beleink
2nd person plural	beletek	beleitek
3rd person plural	belük	beleik

Derived terms

Compound words

• decibel

 

Etymology 2

From bél.

Noun

bel

1. (archaic) internal part (a variant form of bél, used in derivatives)

Related terms

• -ba / -be
• -ban / -ben
• be → be-
• bél (and archaic bel)
• bel-
• bele (belé, beléje)
• -beli (-béli)
• beljebb (bellebb)
• bellebbez (beljebbez)
• belőle
• belső (benső)
• belül (belől, bévül)
• benne
• bennünket, -eteket
• bent (benn)
• -ból / -ből

Further reading

• bel 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
• bel and bel- 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).

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛːl/

  Rhymes: -ɛːl

Noun

bel n (genitive singular bels, nominative plural bel)

1. bel (measure of relative power)

Related terms

• desibel, desíbel

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch bel (“bell”), from Middle Dutch belle, from Old Dutch bella, from Proto-Germanic *bellǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛl/
• Hyphenation: bèl

Noun

bèl (first-person possessive belku, second-person possessive belmu, third-person possessive belnya)

1. bell

   Synonym: lonceng

Verb

bèl

1. (colloquial) To make phone call.

Conjugation

Conjugation of bel (meng-, intransitive)
Root	bel
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Jussive
Active	mengebel	–	dibel	bel	bellah
Locative
Causative / Applicative1	mengebelkan	–	dibelkan	belkan	belkanlah
	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

• mengebel

 

Etymology 2

From English bel, after Alexander Graham Bell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəl/
• Hyphenation: bêl

Noun

bêl (first-person possessive belku, second-person possessive belmu, third-person possessive belnya)

1. (physics) bel, a measure of relative power, defined as log₁₀(P ₁/P ₂), where P₁ and P₂ are the measured and reference power respectively.

Further reading

• “bel” 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): /bɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Hyphenation: bel

Adjective

bel

1. preconsonantal masculine singular form of bello

Karaim

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l(k).

Noun

bel

1. thigh, waist

References

• N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “bel”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بل (bel, “waist”).

Noun

bel m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ביל)

1. (anatomy) waist

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qebel.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA^(key): /bəl/ [bʊɭ]
• Rhymes: -əl
• Syllabification: bel

Noun

bël

1. smoke

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qebel, compare Mansaka ubul and Western Bukidnon Manobo evel.

Noun

bel

1. smoke

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bele, beele, beale, bealle

Etymology

From Old French bel, biau, from Latin bellus, from Old Latin *duenelos. Doublet of beau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛːl/, /ˈbɛl/

Adjective

bel

1. Of fine quality: good, nice, appealing.
2. Physically appealing; attractive, pretty.

Related terms

• beaute, bewte

References

• “bē̆l, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-24.

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse bœli.

Noun

bel m (plural bels)

1. (Jersey) courtyard, yard, patio
2. (Jersey) farmyard

Derived terms

• bel à balle (“ball court, ball park”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Named after A. G. Bell.

Noun

bel m (definite singular belen, indefinite plural bel, definite plural belane)

1. bel (logarithmic measure of sound pressure)

Derived terms

• desibel

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bil.

Noun

bel n (definite singular belet, indefinite plural bel, definite plural bela)

1. moment, instant
2. gap, space

References

• “bel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

• beal (uncommon)
• beau
• biau

Etymology

From Latin bellus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛl/

Adjective

bel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bele)

1. graceful, elegant, courteous
2. noble
3. (as a term of address) good, as in, my good sir, my good lady
   • late 12th century, Aucassin et Nicolette, page 6 of the Mario Roques edition

     Biax sire, fait li quens, car laisciés ester. Nicolete est une caitive que j’amenai d’estrange tere

     Good sir, said the count, let her be. Nicolette is a captive that I've brought here from a foreign land

4. handsome; beautiful

Declension

Declension of bel

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	biax or biaus	bele	bel
	Oblique	bel			bele	bel
Plural	Subject	bel	beles		bel
	Oblique	biax or biaus			beles	bel

Related terms

• belement
• biauté
• bellezour

Descendants

• Angevin: biau
• Bourbonnais-Berrichon: biau
• Bourguignon: bea
• Champenois: bé, biau
• Franc-Comtois: bia
  • Middle French: beau, bel
    • French: beau
      • → English: beau
• Norman: bel, biau
• Picard: biau, bieu (Amiens)
• Poitevin-Saintongeais: bia
  • Paydret: béou
• Walloon: bea
• → Middle English: beau; bel

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• belh

Etymology

From Latin bellus.

Adjective

bel m (feminine singular bela, masculine plural bels, feminine plural belas)

1. beautiful

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛl/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Syllabification: bel

Etymology 1

Internationalism; compare English bel. Ultimately named after Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and engineer Alexander Graham Bell.

Noun

bel m inan (abbreviation B)

1. bel

Declension

Declension of bel

	singular	plural
nominative	bel	bele
genitive	bela	beli
dative	belowi	belom
accusative	bel	bele
instrumental	belem	belami
locative	belu	belach
vocative	belu	bele

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bel f

1. genitive plural of bela

Further reading

• bel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

San Pablo Güilá Zapotec

Alternative forms

• behld (San Dionisio Ocotepec)

Noun

bel

1. (San Pablo Güilá) fish

References

• Natalie Operstein, Aaron Huey Sonnenschein, Valence Changes in Zapotec: Synchrony, diachrony, typology (2015, →ISBN, page 80

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bêːl/

Adjective

bȇl (Cyrillic spelling бе̑л, definite bȇlī, comparative bèljī)

1. Alternative form of bȅo

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bělъ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰēlHs (“white surface or stain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bèːʋ/

Adjective

bẹ́ł (comparative bȍlj bẹ́ł or belȇjši, superlative nȁjbolj bẹ́ł or nȁjbelȇjši)

1. white

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	bél	béla	bélo
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bél ind béli def	béla	bélo
genitive	bélega	béle	bélega
dative	bélemu	béli	bélemu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	bélo	bélo
locative	bélem	béli	bélem
instrumental	bélim	bélo	bélim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	béla	béli	béli
genitive	bélih	bélih	bélih
dative	bélima	bélima	bélima
accusative	béla	béli	béli
locative	bélih	bélih	bélih
instrumental	bélima	bélima	bélima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	béli	béle	béla
genitive	bélih	bélih	bélih
dative	bélim	bélim	bélim
accusative	béle	béle	béla
locative	bélih	bélih	bélih
instrumental	bélimi	bélimi	bélimi

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

See also

Colors in Slovene · barve (layout · text)

bela	siva	črna
rdeča; škrlatna	oranžna; rjava	rumena; krem
svetlozelena, limeta	zelena
sinja, cian; turkizna	azurna	modra
vijolična; indigo	magenta, fuksija; vijolična, lila	roza, rožnata

Further reading

• “bel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “bel”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English belly.

Noun

bel

1. abdomen, belly (of a human)
2. underside
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:14:

     Na God, Bikpela i tokim snek olsem, “Yu bin mekim dispela pasin nogut, olsem na nau mi gat strongpela tok bilong daunim yu. Bai yu gat bikpela hevi. Hevi yu karim bai i winim hevi bilong olgeta arapela animal. Nau na long olgeta taim bihain bai yu wokabaut long bel bilong yu tasol. Na bai yu kaikai das bilong graun.

     →New International Version translation

3. the fuselage of an airplane.

Derived terms

• bel i hevi/bel hevi
• rausim bel

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛl/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish بل (bel, “waist, loins”), from Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l(k) (“waist”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰠 (b²il² /⁠bél⁠/, “waist”).

Noun

bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)

1. waist

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	bel
Definite accusative	beli
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bel	beller
Definite accusative	beli	belleri
Dative	bele	bellere
Locative	belde	bellerde
Ablative	belden	bellerden
Genitive	belin	bellerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular belim bellerim 2nd singular belin bellerin 3rd singular beli belleri 1st plural belimiz bellerimiz 2nd plural beliniz belleriniz 3rd plural belleri belleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular belimi bellerimi 2nd singular belini bellerini 3rd singular belini bellerini 1st plural belimizi bellerimizi 2nd plural belinizi bellerinizi 3rd plural bellerini bellerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular belime bellerime 2nd singular beline bellerine 3rd singular beline bellerine 1st plural belimize bellerimize 2nd plural belinize bellerinize 3rd plural bellerine bellerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular belimde bellerimde 2nd singular belinde bellerinde 3rd singular belinde bellerinde 1st plural belimizde bellerimizde 2nd plural belinizde bellerinizde 3rd plural bellerinde bellerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular belimden bellerimden 2nd singular belinden bellerinden 3rd singular belinden bellerinden 1st plural belimizden bellerimizden 2nd plural belinizden bellerinizden 3rd plural bellerinden bellerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular belimin bellerimin 2nd singular belinin bellerinin 3rd singular belinin bellerinin 1st plural belimizin bellerimizin 2nd plural belinizin bellerinizin 3rd plural bellerinin bellerinin

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish بل (bel, “spade”), variant of بیل (bil), from Persian بیل (bil, “spade”).

Noun

bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)

1. (dated) spade

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 274
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bel2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Etymology 3

From Proto-Turkic *bel.

Noun

bel

1. mark, sign

Derived terms

• bel etmek

Turkmen

Noun

bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)

1. archaic and dialectal form of pil (“shovel, spade”)

Declension

Declension of bel

	singular	plural
nominative	bel	beller
accusative	beli	belleri
genitive	beliň	belleriň
dative	bele	bellere
locative	belde	bellerde
ablative	belden	bellerden

Uzbek

Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic	бел‍
Latin	bel‍
Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l (“waist”).

Noun

bel (plural bellar)

1. waistline

Declension

Declension of bel

	singular	plural
nominative	bel	bellar
genitive	belning	bellarning
dative	belga	bellarga
definite accusative	belni	bellarni
locative	belda	bellarda
ablative	beldan	bellardan
similative	beldek	bellardek

Possessive forms of bel

my	singular	plural
nominative	belim	bellarim
genitive	belimning	bellarimning
dative	belimga	bellarimga
definite accusative	belimni	bellarimni
locative	belimda	bellarimda
ablative	belimdan	bellarimdan
similative	belimdek	bellarimdek
your	singular	plural
nominative	beling	bellaring
genitive	belingning	bellaringning
dative	belingga	bellaringga
definite accusative	belingni	bellaringni
locative	belingda	bellaringda
ablative	belingdan	bellaringdan
similative	belingdek	bellaringdek
her/his/its	singular	plural
nominative	beli	bellari
genitive	belining	bellarining
dative	beliga	bellariga
definite accusative	belini	bellarini
locative	belida	bellarida
ablative	belidan	bellaridan
similative	belidek	bellaridek
our	singular	plural
nominative	belimiz	bellarimiz
genitive	belimizning	bellarimizning
dative	belimizga	bellarimizga
definite accusative	belimizni	bellarimizni
locative	belimizda	bellarimizda
ablative	belimizdan	bellarimizdan
similative	belimizdek	bellarimizdek
your	singular	plural
nominative	belingiz	bellaringiz
genitive	belingizning	bellaringizning
dative	belingizga	bellaringizga
definite accusative	belingizni	bellaringizni
locative	belingizda	bellaringizda
ablative	belingizdan	bellaringizdan
similative	belingizdek	bellaringizdek
their	singular	plural
nominative	beli	bellari
genitive	belining	bellarining
dative	beliga	bellariga
definite accusative	belini	bellarini
locative	belida	bellarida
ablative	belidan	bellaridan	similative	belidek	bellaridek

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian بیل (bêl, “spade”).

Noun

bel (plural bellar)

1. shovel, spade

Declension

Declension of bel

	singular	plural
nominative	bel	bellar
genitive	belning	bellarning
dative	belga	bellarga
definite accusative	belni	bellarni
locative	belda	bellarda
ablative	beldan	bellardan
similative	beldek	bellardek

Possessive forms of bel

my	singular	plural
nominative	belim	bellarim
genitive	belimning	bellarimning
dative	belimga	bellarimga
definite accusative	belimni	bellarimni
locative	belimda	bellarimda
ablative	belimdan	bellarimdan
similative	belimdek	bellarimdek
your	singular	plural
nominative	beling	bellaring
genitive	belingning	bellaringning
dative	belingga	bellaringga
definite accusative	belingni	bellaringni
locative	belingda	bellaringda
ablative	belingdan	bellaringdan
similative	belingdek	bellaringdek
her/his/its	singular	plural
nominative	beli	bellari
genitive	belining	bellarining
dative	beliga	bellariga
definite accusative	belini	bellarini
locative	belida	bellarida
ablative	belidan	bellaridan
similative	belidek	bellaridek
our	singular	plural
nominative	belimiz	bellarimiz
genitive	belimizning	bellarimizning
dative	belimizga	bellarimizga
definite accusative	belimizni	bellarimizni
locative	belimizda	bellarimizda
ablative	belimizdan	bellarimizdan
similative	belimizdek	bellarimizdek
your	singular	plural
nominative	belingiz	bellaringiz
genitive	belingizning	bellaringizning
dative	belingizga	bellaringizga
definite accusative	belingizni	bellaringizni
locative	belingizda	bellaringizda
ablative	belingizdan	bellaringizdan
similative	belingizdek	bellaringizdek
their	singular	plural
nominative	beli	bellari
genitive	belining	bellarining
dative	beliga	bellariga
definite accusative	belini	bellarini
locative	belida	bellarida
ablative	belidan	bellaridan	similative	belidek	bellaridek

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from German Berg.

Noun

bel (nominative plural bels)

1. mountain
   • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: V:

     Ven Yesus älogom menamödotis, äbexänom beli.

     Seeing the crowds, Jesus went onto the mountain.

Declension

declension of bel

	singular	plural
nominative	bel	bels
genitive	bela	belas
dative	bele	beles
accusative	beli	belis
vocative 1	o bel!	o bels!
predicative 2	belu	belus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *belle, from Proto-Germanic *bellǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛl/

Noun

bel c (plural bellen, diminutive beltsje)

1. bell
2. doorbell

Derived terms

• earbel

Further reading

• “bel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Wiyot

Adjective

bel

1. flat, wide

References

• Reconstructing Languages and Cultures: Abstracts and Materials from the First International Interdisciplinary Symposium on Language and Prehistory, Ann Arbor, 8-12 November, 1988