bagal

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bagall, from Old Irish bachall (or perhaps from Old English), from Latin baculum (“staff”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeːal/

Noun

bagal m (genitive singular bagals, plural baglar)

1. crosier

Declension

m21	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bagal	bagalin	baglar	baglarnir
accusative	bagal	bagalin	baglar	baglarnar
dative	bagli	baglinum	baglum	baglunum
genitive	bagals	bagalsins	bagla	baglanna

Synonyms

• (crosier): biskupsstavur

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay baghal, bagal, from Classical Malay بغل (baghal), بغل (bagal), from Arabic بَغَل (baḡal).

Noun

bagal (plural bagal-bagal)

1. mule

Alternative forms

• baghal (Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore)

Further reading

• “bagal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bagal (“overgrown, clumsy, sluggish”). Cognate with Cebuano bagal, Kapampangan bagal, Maranao bagal, and Malay bagal.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡal/ [ˈbaː.ɣɐl]
• Rhymes: -aɡal
• Syllabification: ba‧gal

Noun

bagal (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄᜎ᜔)

1. slowness (to act or decide)
2. slow motion; lack of speed

Derived terms

• ambagal
• bagalan
• bumagal
• kabagalan
• mabagal
• magpabagal
• pabagalin

Further reading

• “bagal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bagal”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• labag, balag