bela

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بلا (bela, “calamity, misfortune, evil, trouble”).^[1] 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

References

Further reading

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

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.

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

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.

Etymology

Common Romance, from Latin bellus.

Pronunciation

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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:

     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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.lɐ/
• Rhymes: -ɛlɐ, -ɛla
• Hyphenation: be‧la

Adjective

bela

1. feminine singular of belo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.la/

Adjective

bela

1. beautiful

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)

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.

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

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ).

Noun

bela ?

1. affliction

Verb

bela

1. to boil

Verb

bela

1. simple past of belegge

Noun

bela

1. Alternative spelling of béla

Mutation

Adjective

bela

1. feminine singular of bel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.la/

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• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Syllabification: be‧la

Etymology 1

Back-formation from belka.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

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

Pronunciation

• 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.

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

Verb

bela

1. to boil (something)

Etymology

From -ba +‎ -ela.

Verb

-béla

1. to steal from

Verb

bela

1. to boil

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

Etymology

From Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: be‧la

Noun

bela (definite accusative belany, plural belalar)

1. disaster, catastrophe

Further reading

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

Noun

bela

1. genitive singular of bel