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▪ BLː (BLL)_1 ‘to moisten, make wet’ ↗¹balla
▪ BLː (BLL)_2 ‘to recover (from illness)’ ↗²balla
▪ BLː (BLL)_3 ‘porridge made of wheat or maize with milk and sugar’ ↗EgAr balīlaẗ

Other values, now obsolete, include:

▪ BLː (BLL)_4 ‘wicked, hypocrite, unjust’: ^†ʔaballᵘ, f. ballāʔᵘ, pl. bull (Hava1899)
▪ BLː (BLL)_5 ‘moan’: ^†ball, ^†balīl (Hava1899)
▪ BLː (BLL)_6 ‘a kind of fern’: LevAr ^†ballān (Hava1899)
▪ BLː (BLL)_7 ‘meeting-place’: ^†balāl~bulāl (Hava1899)
▪ BLː (BLL)_ ‘’:

▪ BLː (BLL)_1-3 : The grouping in DRS suggests that all items belong together, based on the idea of ‘mixing’. If this is correct, BLː (BLL)_1 ‘to moisten, make wet’ is originally *‘to mix with water’; BLː (BLL)_2 ‘to recover (from illness)’ may be *‘to get well again due to fresh (= wet, moistened, or mixed, variegated?) pasture/food’ (or simply refreshing coolness thanks to moisture? – cf. obsolete ^†balīl, balīlaẗ ‘cold and damp wind’, or ^†ballaẗ ‘freshness of youth’, given by Hava1899); and EgAr balīlaẗ may be either *‘soaked cereals’ (< ‘to moisten, make wet’), or the *‘meal that helps to recover, or is given to s.o. recovering, from an illness’, or it has preserved the basec idea of ‘mixing’ and is to be interpreted as *‘mixture, potpourri’, with this coming closest to Pun bll *‘mixed offering’.
▪ ^†BLː (BLL)_4 : cf. DRS 2 (1994) #BLL-2
▪ ^†BLː (BLL)_5 : cf. DRS 2 (1994) #BLL-4
▪ ^†BLː (BLL)_6 : cf. DRS 2 (1994) #BLL-5
▪ ^†BLː (BLL)_7 : ?
▪ ClassAr lexicographers traditionally also group under √ BLː (BLL) the particles bal ‘but; on the contrary, besides, much more, rather; no, nay’ and balà ‘(after neg.) oh yes!, but of course!, certainly!’.

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▪ DRS 2 (1994) #BLL-1 Akk balālu ‘mélanger; allier, brasser’; Hbr bālal ‘mélanger (avec de l’huile)’; Aram bal ‘mélanger’; Ar balla ‘mouiller, tremper, humecter’;¹ SAr bll ‘irriguer’; Te bälla ‘mélanger’, bällälä ‘changer la couleur’; Pun bll: espèce de sacrifice.² – Akk ballu ‘fourrage mélangé’; Hbr bᵊlīl, TalmAram bᵊlīlā ‘méteil’; Ar balla ‘désaltérer, apaiser’, bill ‘convalescence’; Tham (*Š-stem) h-bl ‘guérison’; Ar balāl ‘bien’, bullaẗ (pl. bilāl) ‘bien, bienfait’; SAr bll ‘bien (?)’. -?2 Ar balila, balla ‘être agressif, hargneux’, balalaẗ, bulalaẗ ‘haine implacable’, bill ‘malheur’; Amh bällälä ‘se gâter, aller mal, ne pas réussir’; Te bolälä ‘se sentir mal, abhorrer’.³ -3 Akk bullu ‘emporter, arracher?’; Ar balla (fī ’l- ʔarḍ) ‘errer; aller droit devant soi’; Tña bällälä ‘voler’; Har täbāläla ‘se hâter’. -4 Ar balīl ‘gémissement, plainte douce’, ballala ‘roucouler (colombe), crier (paon)’; Amh (Gondar) bulall- ‘tourterelle’.⁴ -5 Ar ball (coll.) ‘fleurs, fruits (d’un épineux); sureau?’, balalaẗ: sorte d’épineux, ‘aspalathe’, ballān: sorte de plante, ‘fougère?’?; Gz ʔablalit: sorte de chardon; Te bälla ‘mauvaise herbe’.⁵ -6 […].
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1. Avec le sens de ‘mouiller, humecter’, la rac. se rattache peut-être à une base AfrAs: Eg byʔ ‘ciel (eau du ciel, sur laquelle on navigue)’; Cush bire, bile ‘ciel, pluie’. 2. C’est un ‘sacrifice mélangé’ qui représente probablement un gâteau fait avec de l’huile. 3. Les formes éth. peuvent aussi bien se rattacher à 1 par l’intermédiaire de valeurs attestées ‘être détrempé, perdre sa couleur, se dissoudre’. 4. Cf. ↗bulbul 5. Les formes rapprochées ici n’ont peut-être pas grand-chose en commun. L’Ar est d’ap. DAFA 829. – Noter Akk bulālu (a)bulilu: plante (empr. d’origine inconnue).

See above, section CONC.

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¹ball‑/ balal‑ بَلّ / بَلَلْـ , u (ball)

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√BLː(BLL)

vb., I

to moisten, wet, make wet – WehrCowan1976.

▪ The grouping in DRS suggests that ¹balla belongs to a group of lexemes that are based on the idea of *‘mixing’. If this is correct, ‘to moisten, make wet’ is originally *‘to mix with water’.
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▪ Hava1899: ^†ballala (D-stem) ‘to wet, drench, moisten’, ^†ʔaballa (*Š-stem) ‘to be sappy (tree)’; ^†bullaẗ, balal, bulālaẗ ‘dampness, moisture’, ^†ballān ‘warm bath (LevAr); waiter at baths’; ^†balāl~bulāl ‘water, milk’
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▪ Bergsträsser1928: (*‘to soak, mix’) Akk bll, Hbr bālal, Syr balbel ‘to confuse’, Te balla.
▪ DRS 2 (1994) #BLL-1 Akk balālu ‘mélanger; allier, brasser’; Hbr bālal ‘mélanger (avec de l’huile)’; Aram bal ‘mélanger’; Ar balla ‘mouiller, tremper, humecter’;⁶ SAr bll ‘irriguer’; Te bälla ‘mélanger’, bällälä ‘changer la couleur’; Pun bll: espèce de sacrifice.⁷ – Akk ballu ‘fourrage mélangé’; Hbr bᵊlīl, TalmAram bᵊlīlā ‘méteil’; Ar balla ‘désaltérer, apaiser’, bill ‘convalescence’; Tham (*Š-stem) h-bl ‘guérison’; Ar balāl ‘bien’, bullaẗ pl. bilāl) ‘bien, bienfait’; SAr bll ‘bien (?)’. -2–6 […].⁸
▪ Borg2021 #53 b-l-l compares Akk balālu ‘to blend, mingle, concoct’; ballu ‘mixed (medicinal and aromatic substances)’ (Parpola 2007: 13; CAD II 63) and (outside Sem) Eg (i) bꜢj (Med) ‘feucht sein (unter anderem vom Schweiß)’; bꜢy ‘foot ewer’; bꜢi͗w ‘damp (adj.)’ (Wb I 417; Faulkner 1962: 77).▪ …

6. Avec le sens de ‘mouiller, humecter’, la rac. se rattache peut-être à une base AfrAs: Eg byʔ ‘ciel (eau du ciel, sur laquelle on navigue)’; Cush bire, bile ‘ciel, pluie’. 7. C’est un ‘sacrifice mélangé’ qui représente probablement un gâteau fait avec de l’huile. 8. Irrelevant in the present context.

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►ballala, vb. II = I: D‑stem, ints.
►ʔaballa, vb. IV, ↗²balla
►taballala, vb. V, and ĭbtalla, vb. VIII, to be moistened, be wetted; to become wet: Dt‑ and Gt‑stem (respectively).
►ball, n., 1a moistening, wetting; 1b moisture: vn. I.
►bill, n., ↗²balla
►billaẗ, n.f., moisture, humidity
►balal,n., 1a moisture, humidity; 1b moistness, dampness, wetness: vn. I
►balīl, n., a moist, cool wind: ints. formation, *‘the moist, humid one’.
►balīlaẗ, n.f., (EgAr) porridge made of wheat or maize with milk and sugar: Does balīlaẗ belong here (perh. *‘soaked cereals’), or is it rather the *‘meal that helps to recover, or is given to s.o. recovering, from an illness’ (↗²balla), or is it perh. akin to the *‘mixed offering’ of Pun bll (see above, section COGN)?
►ʔiblāl, n., ↗²balla
►taballul, n., moistness, dampness, humidity: vn. V.
►mablūl, muballal, mubtall, adj., moist, damp, wet; drenched (by rain): PP I, II, VIII, respectively.

For other items of the root, cf. ↗²balla, ↗EgAr balīlaẗ, as well as, for the overall picture, ↗√BLː (BLL).

²ball‑ / balal‑ بَلّ / بَلَلْـ , i (bill)

√BLː(BLL)

vb., I

to recover (min maraḍ from an illness) – WehrCowan1976.

▪ The grouping in DRS suggests that ²balla belongs to a group of lexemes that are based on the idea of *‘mixing’. If this is correct, ‘to recover (from illness)’ may originally be *‘to recover due to fresh (= wet, moistened, or mixed, variegated?) pasture, or to a fresh, moist breeze’. One of the closest cognates would be Tham h-bl ‘recovery’ (*Š-stem, caus., *‘to cause to be well’).

▪ Hava1899: ^†balla (u, bilāl) ‘to give s.th., be beneficent’; ^†balla (a, balal, bilāl) ‘to enjoy (bi- s.th.), to obtain; to know s.th.’, cf. also the expr. ^†ballat yadāka bih ‘you have obtained it’; ^†balla (balal, balālaẗ, bulūl) ‘to enjoy (bi‑ the company of s.o.)’. – The relation to ↗¹balla ‘to moisten’ becomes clearer in lexemes like ^†balīl, balīlaẗ ‘cold and damp wind’ that combine ‘moisture’ and refreshing coolness, or also in ^†ballaẗ ‘freshness of youth’.

▪ DRS 2 (1994) #BLL-1 Akk balālu ‘mélanger; allier, brasser’; Hbr bālal ‘mélanger (avec de l’huile)’; Aram bal ‘mélanger’; Ar balla ‘mouiller, tremper, humecter’;⁹ SAr bll ‘irriguer’; Te bälla ‘mélanger’, bällälä ‘changer la couleur’; Pun bll: espèce de sacrifice.¹⁰ – Akk ballu ‘fourrage mélangé’; Hbr bᵊlīl, TalmAram bᵊlīlā ‘méteil’; Ar balla ‘désaltérer, apaiser’, bill ‘convalescence’; Tham (*Š-stem) h-bl ‘guérison’; Ar balāl ‘bien’, bullaẗ pl. bilāl) ‘bien, bienfait’; SAr bll ‘bien (?)’. -2–6 […]¹¹

9. Avec le sens de ‘mouiller, humecter’, la rac. se rattache peut-être à une base AfrAs: Eg byʔ ‘ciel (eau du ciel, sur laquelle on navigue)’; Cush bire, bile ‘ciel, pluie’. 10. C’est un ‘sacrifice mélangé’ qui représente probablement un gâteau fait avec de l’huile. 11. Irrelevant in the present context.

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►ballala, vb. II, ↗¹balla.
►ʔaballa, vb. IV, = I: *Š‑stem.
►taballala, vb. V, and ĭbtalla, vb. VIII, ↗¹balla.

►ball, n., ↗¹balla.
►bill, n., recovery, convalescence, recuperation: vn. I.
►billaẗ, balal, balīl ↗¹balla.
►balīlaẗ, n.f., (EgAr) porridge made of wheat or maize with milk and sugar: Does balīlaẗ belong here (perh *‘meal that helps to recover, or is given to s.o. recovering, from an illness’), or rather to ¹balla ‘to moisten, make wet’, or is it perh. akin to the *‘mixed offering’ of Pun bll (see above, section COGN)?
►ʔiblāl, n., recovery, convalescence, recuperation: vn. IV.
►taballul, mablūl, muballal, mubtall ↗¹balla.

For other items of the root, cf. ↗¹balla and ↗EgAr balīlaẗ, as well as, for the overall picture, ↗√BLː (BLL).

EgAr balīlaẗ بَليلة

√BLː (BLL)

n.f.

(EgAr) porridge made of wheat or maize with milk and sugar – WehrCowan1976.

▪ Does balīlaẗ belong to ↗¹balla ‘to moisten, make wet’ (perh. *‘soaked cereals’), or is it rather the *‘meal that helps to recover, or is given to s.o. recovering, from an illness’ (↗²balla)? Or perh. none of these, but rather akin to the *‘mixed offering’ of Pun bll that preserved the original idea of *‘mixture’ (see section COGN)? In any case, DRS does not mention balīlaẗ, but groups all – ‘to moisten’, ‘to recover’ and Pun bll ‘mixed offering’ – together as cognates.

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▪ DRS 2 (1994) #BLL-1 Akk balālu ‘mélanger; allier, brasser’; Hbr bālal ‘mélanger (avec de l’huile)’; Aram bal ‘mélanger’; Ar balla ‘mouiller, tremper, humecter’;¹² SAr bll ‘irriguer’; Te bälla ‘mélanger’, bällälä ‘changer la couleur’; Pun bll: espèce de sacrifice.¹³ – Akk ballu ‘fourrage mélangé’; Hbr bᵊlīl, TalmAram bᵊlīlā ‘méteil’; Ar balla ‘désaltérer, apaiser’, bill ‘convalescence’; Tham (*Š-stem) h-bl ‘guérison’; Ar balāl ‘bien’, bullaẗ pl. bilāl) ‘bien, bienfait’; SAr bll ‘bien (?)’. -2–6 […]¹⁴

12. Avec le sens de ‘mouiller, humecter’, la rac. se rattache peut-être à une base AfrAs: Eg byʔ ‘ciel (eau du ciel, sur laquelle on navigue)’; Cush bire, bile ‘ciel, pluie’. 13. C’est un ‘sacrifice mélangé’ qui représente probablement un gâteau fait avec de l’huile. 14. Irrelevant in the present context.

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For other items of the root, cf. ↗¹balla and ↗²balla, as well as, for the overall picture, ↗√BLː (BLL).

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