बाळ

See also: बळ, बळी, बाल, बीळ, and बोळ

Marathi

Borrowed from Sanskrit बाल (bāla). Cognate with Gujarati બાળ (bāḷ).

बाळ • (bāḷ) n

Declension of बाळ (bāḷ)
direct singular	बाळ bāḷ
direct plural	बाळे, बाळं bāḷe, bāḷa
	singular	plural
nominative	बाळ bāḷ	बाळे, बाळं bāḷe, bāḷa
oblique	बाळा- bāḷā-	बाळां- bāḷāN-
dative	बाळाला bāḷālā	बाळांना bāḷāNnā
ergative	बाळाने bāḷāne	बाळांनी bāḷāNni
instrumental	बाळाशी bāḷāśi	बाळांशी bāḷāNśi
locative	बाळात bāḷāt	बाळांत bāḷāNt
vocative	बाळा bāḷā	बाळांनो bāḷāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of बाळ
	masculine object		feminine object		neuter object		oblique
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular^*	plural
singular subject	बाळाचा bāḷāċā	बाळाचे bāḷāce	बाळाची bāḷāci	बाळाच्या bāḷāca	बाळाचे, बाळाचं bāḷāce, bāḷāċa	बाळाची bāḷāci	बाळाच्या bāḷāca
plural subject	बाळांचा bāḷāNċā	बाळांचे bāḷāNce	बाळांची bāḷāNci	बाळांच्या bāḷāNca	बाळांचे, बाळांचं bāḷāNce, bāḷāNċa	बाळांची bāḷāNci	बाळांच्या bāḷāNca
^* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Berntsen, Maxine, “बाळ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “बाळ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “बाळ”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

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