*balwaz

Runic: ᛒᚨᛚᚹᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈbɑl.wɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

sick
bad, evil, wicked
torturous, painful, agonizing

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly related to Old Church Slavonic болѣти (bolěti) (bolěti, ‘to be sick, be in pain’), Proto-Slavic *bȍlь (‘pain’), Cornish bal (‘disease’), Tocharian B pile (‘wound, injury’), Ancient Greek φλαῦρος (phlaûros) (phlaûros, ‘indifferent, bad’), pointing to a common origin of Proto-Indo-European *bhol (H)-.

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	balwaz	balwō	balwą, -atō	balwai	balwôz	balwō
Acc.	balwanǭ	balwǭ	balwą, -atō	balwanz	balwōz	balwō
Gen.	balwas, -is	balwaizōz	balwas, -is	balwaizǫ̂	balwaizǫ̂	balwaizǫ̂
Dat.	balwammai	balwaizōi	balwammai	balwaimaz	balwaimaz	balwaimaz
Inst.	balwanō	balwaizō	balwanō	balwaimiz	balwaimiz	balwaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	balwô	balwǭ	balwô	balwaniz	balwōniz	balwōnō
Acc.	balwanų	balwōnų	balwô	balwanunz	balwōnunz	balwōnō
Gen.	balwiniz	balwōniz	balwiniz	balwanǫ̂	balwōnǫ̂	balwanǫ̂
Dat.	balwini	balwōni	balwini	balwammaz	balwōmaz	balwammaz
Inst.	balwinē	balwōnē	balwinē	balwammiz	balwōmiz	balwammiz

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Descendants

*balu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *balo (Old Dutch)
  - *bal (Middle Dutch)
    - bal (West Flemish)
*balu (Proto-West Germanic)
- bealu (Old English)
  - bale (Middle English)
*balu (Proto-West Germanic)
- balu (Old Frisian)
  - bal (West Frisian)
*balu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *balu, *balo (Old Saxon)
  - bal (Middle Low German)
*bǫlvíss (Old Norse)
- bøl- (Faroese)
- bölvís (Icelandic)
*𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌿𐍃 (*balus), 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌰𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌴𐌹 (balwawēsei), 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (balwjan) (Gothic)

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