balsetelul

Volapük

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bal.se.te.ˈlul]

Noun

balsetelul (nominative plural balseteluls)

1. (obsolete) December (the twelfth (12th) month of the year)

Usage notes

• This older term has been replaced by dekul (“December”).

Declension

Declension of balsetelul

	singular	plural
nominative	balsetelul	balseteluls
genitive	balsetelula	balsetelulas
dative	balsetelule	balsetelules
accusative	balseteluli	balsetelulis
vocative 1	o balsetelul!	o balseteluls!
predicative 2	balsetelulu	balsetelulus

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

Synonyms

• batul (obsolete) (contraction of balsetelul)
• degtelul (cf. parallel contractions: deg(telul) > degtul; balse(telul) > batul)
• dekul