bala

/bala/ · plural balala

1. (n.) child, young child

bala oynaydı — the child is playing
jaŋız bala — an only child
bala tabarğa — to bear a child
birewnü balası — someone else's child
qartlıq bala — a last-born child
bir ananı miŋ balası — one mother's thousand children
bala degen baldan tatlı — one's own child is sweeter than honey

2. (n.) young of an animal, cub, chick

ayü bala — a bear cub
kiştik bala — a kitten
qaz bala — a gosling
börü bala — a wolf cub
qoyannı balası — the hare's young

3. (n.) dear one, darling (endear.) — The bare form occurs in poetry and folklore. Older speakers also use the first-person possessive form balam when addressing younger people.

igi balamça — my dear child
saw bol, balam — thank you, my dear child
beri aylanıb qaray bar, bala — turn and look this way, my dear

4. (n.) fetus, embryo

qarındağı bala — a child in the womb
bala jaratılıw — the formation of an embryo
balanı içden tüşürüw — aborting the fetus

Expressions

koşt balası kibik — little brat (Idiom · Formula)
ana kölü – balada, bala kölü – talada — a mother's devotion is one-sided (Idiom · Proverb or saying)

Cases and owners

Singular

Singular — cases of bala, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	balathe child	balammy child	balaŋyour child	balasıhis child	balabızour child	balağızyou all's child	balalarıtheir children
Genitive	balanıthe child's	balamımy child's	balaŋıyour child's	balasınıhis child's	balabıznıour child's	balağıznıyou all's child's	balalarınıtheir children's
Accusative	balanıthe child (as the object)	balamımy child (as the object)	balaŋıyour child (as the object)	balasınhis child (as the object)	balabıznıour child (as the object)	balağıznıyou all's child (as the object)	balalarıntheir children (as the object)
Dative	balağato the child	balamato my child	balaŋato your child	balasınato his child	balabızğato our child	balağızğato you all's child	balalarınato their children
Locative	baladain / at the child	balamdain / at my child	balaŋdain / at your child	balasındain / at his child	balabızdain / at our child	balağızdain / at you all's child	balalarındain / at their children
Ablative	baladanfrom the child	balamdanfrom my child	balaŋdanfrom your child	balasındanfrom his child	balabızdanfrom our child	balağızdanfrom you all's child	balalarındanfrom their children

Plural

Plural — cases of bala, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	balalathe children	balalarımmy children	balalarıŋyour children	balalarıhis children	balalarıbızour children	balalarığızyou all's children	balalarıtheir children
Genitive	balalanıthe children's	balalarımımy children's	balalarıŋıyour children's	balalarınıhis children's	balalarıbıznıour children's	balalarığıznıyou all's children's	balalarınıtheir children's
Accusative	balalanıthe children (as the object)	balalarımımy children (as the object)	balalarıŋıyour children (as the object)	balalarınhis children (as the object)	balalarıbıznıour children (as the object)	balalarığıznıyou all's children (as the object)	balalarıntheir children (as the object)
Dative	balalağato the children	balalarımato my children	balalarıŋato your children	balalarınato his children	balalarıbızğato our children	balalarığızğato you all's children	balalarınato their children
Locative	balaladain / at the children	balalarımdain / at my children	balalarıŋdain / at your children	balalarındain / at his children	balalarıbızdain / at our children	balalarığızdain / at you all's children	balalarındain / at their children
Ablative	balaladanfrom the children	balalarımdanfrom my children	balalarıŋdanfrom your children	balalarındanfrom his children	balalarıbızdanfrom our children	balalarığızdanfrom you all's children	balalarındanfrom their children

The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: balaları can mean "his / her children", "their child", or "their children" — context decides.

Whose it is

Belonging to bala — the child's one
Case	one thing, one owner	several things, one owner	one thing, several owners	several things, several owners
Nominative	balanıqıthe child's one	balanıqılathe child's ones	balalanıqıthe children's one	balalanıqılathe children's ones
Genitive	balanıqınıof the child's one	balanıqılanıof the child's ones	balalanıqınıof the children's one	balalanıqılanıof the children's ones
Accusative	balanıqınthe child's one (as the object)	balanıqılanıthe child's ones (as the object)	balalanıqınthe children's one (as the object)	balalanıqılanıthe children's ones (as the object)
Dative	balanıqınato the child's one	balanıqılağato the child's ones	balalanıqınato the children's one	balalanıqılağato the children's ones
Locative	balanıqındain / at the child's one	balanıqıladain / at the child's ones	balalanıqındain / at the children's one	balalanıqıladain / at the children's ones
Ablative	balanıqındanfrom the child's one	balanıqıladanfrom the child's ones	balalanıqındanfrom the children's one	balalanıqıladanfrom the children's ones

The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.