bóla

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bola"

Galician

Etymology

From Old Occitan bola, from Latin bulla. Doublet of bola and bula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɔlɐ]

Noun

bóla f (plural bólas)

1. ball
2. marble (small ball)

Derived terms

• xogo da bóla

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bóla”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bóla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bóla”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpouːla/

  Rhymes: -ouːla

Noun

bóla f (genitive singular bólu, nominative plural bólur)

1. (usually small) bubble

   Synonyms: blaðra, loftbóla

2. (idiomatic) bubble, short-lived fad

   Synonyms: tískufyrirbrigði, tískufyrirbæri

   Internetið er bara bóla. ― The Internet is just a bubble waiting to burst.

3. pimple, zit

   Synonyms: graftarbóla (“pustule”), (uncommon) nabbi

4. (in the plural) acne

   Synonym: unglingabólur

5. (archaic) smallpox

   Synonym: bólusótt

6. small (usually metallic) convex protuberance; stud

Declension

Declension of bóla (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bóla	bólan	bólur	bólurnar
accusative	bólu	bóluna	bólur	bólurnar
dative	bólu	bólunni	bólum	bólunum
genitive	bólu	bólunnar	bólna, bóla	bólnanna, bólanna

Derived terms

• ekki ný bóla (“that's nothing new”)
• teiknibóla (“thumbtack”)
• bólusetning (“vaccination”)
• loftbóla (“air bubble”)
• leysibóla (“lysosome”)