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ból.

pain, ache (unpleasant physical, sensory experience physically felt in some part of the body usually caused by injury or illness)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbul//ˈbol/Middle, Polish[ˈbol][ˈbul]

  1. pain, ache (unpleasant physical, sensory experience physically felt in some part of the body usually caused by injury or illness)

    inanimate · masculine
    Mam ból głowy.
    Gdzie pani czuje ból?

  2. pain, ache (unpleasant physical, sensory experience physically felt in some part of the body usually caused by injury or illness) synonym of wrzód

    Middle · Polish · inanimate · masculine

  3. pain (unpleasant emotional, feeling associated with something bad that happened)

    figuratively · inanimate · masculine

  4. synonym of choroba

    inanimate · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel(H)-der. Proto-Slavic *bolě̀ti Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Balto-Slavic *-is Proto-Slavic *-ь Proto-Slavic *bȍlь Old Polish ból Polish ból Inherited from Old Polish ból.

noun/ˈbul//ˈbol/Middle, Polish[ˈbol][ˈbul]

  1. synonym of diabeł

    Middle · Polish · animal-not-person · dialectal · figuratively · masculine

  2. synonym of diabeł pain (pain and suffering embodied as an evil spirit)

    Middle · Polish · animal-not-person · dialectal · figuratively · masculine
    Idź do bóla!
    Idź do bólów ciężkich!
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel(H)-der. Proto-Slavic *bolě̀ti Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Balto-Slavic *-is Proto-Slavic *-ь Proto-Slavic *bȍlь Old Polish ból Polish ból Inherited from Old Polish ból.

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