بالي

See also: بالى, تالی, تألي, and بالی

Arabic

Verb

بَالِي • (bālī) (form III) /baː.liː/

1. second-person feminine singular imperative of بَالَى (bālā)

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بالي (common informal pronunciation of بالٍ (bālin)), from the verb بَلِيَ (baliya, “to wear out, to attrit”).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑː.li/

Noun

بالي • (bāli) m or f (plural بالنا (bālna))

1. بال (bāl, “mind, thinking, attention”)+ـي (-i, “first person singular possessive affix”): my mind, my thinking, my attention

   بالي راح بعيد ― bāli rāḥ bʕīd ― I was thinking of matters unrelated to what was said (literally, “my mind went far (away)”)

Adjective

بالي • (bāli) (feminine بالْية (bālya))

1. untidy, unclean, in bad shape

   Synonyms: مبهذل (mbahḏal), معفس (mʕaffas)

   Synonyms: مرتب (mrattab), چيك (čīk)