balsebalul

Volapük

Etymology

From bals (“ten, now deg”) +‎ e (“and”) +‎ bal (“one”) +‎ -ul (“(morpheme for) month (< mul)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bal.se.ba.ˈlul]

Noun

balsebalul (nominative plural balsebaluls)

1. (obsolete) November (the eleventh (11th) month of the year)

Usage notes

• This older term has been replaced by novul (“November”).

Declension

Declension of balsebalul

	singular	plural
nominative	balsebalul	balsebaluls
genitive	balsebalula	balsebalulas
dative	balsebalule	balsebalules
accusative	balsebaluli	balsebalulis
vocative 1	o balsebalul!	o balsebaluls!
predicative 2	balsebalulu	balsebalulus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Synonyms

• babul (obsolete) (contraction of balsebalul)
• degbalul (cf. parallel contractions: deg(balul) > degbul; balse(balul) > babul)
• novul