basal

From base +‎ -al.

• (UK) IPA^(key): [ˈbeɪsəɫ]

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• (US, also) IPA^(key): [ˈbeɪzəɫ]
• Rhymes: -eɪsəl, -eɪzəl

basal (comparative more basal, superlative most basal)

1. Basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.

   This is the basal idea.

   The organism needs more energy on basal maintenance.

   A basal reader is a kind of book that is used to teach reading.

2. (anatomy) Associated with the base of an organism or structure.

   In the spring, basal leaves emerge from a stout taproot.

3. (medicine) Of a minimal level that is necessary for maintaining the health or life of an organism.

   a basal diet

4. (chiefly systematics) In a phylogenetic tree, being a group, or member of a group, which diverged earlier. The earliest clade to branch in a larger clade.

   Hittite is a basal Indo-European language.

   A magnolia is a basal angiosperm.

• basilar

basal (plural basals)

1. base, bottom, minimum
2. (anatomy) Any basal structure or part

• Labas, balsa, balas, Baals, laabs, blaas, albas, baals, Baʿals, sabal, Ba'als, LABAs

Borrowed from Arabic بَصَل (baṣal).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbasal/ [ˈbʌsʌl]
• Hyphenation: ba‧sal

básal m (singulative basáltu m)

1. (collective) onions

Declension of básal
absolutive	básal
predicative	básala
subjective	básal
genitive	básal
Postpositioned forms l-case básalal k-case básalak t-case básalat h-case básalah

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “basal”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

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basal (feminine basale, masculine plural basaux, feminine plural basales)

1. basal

• → Romanian: bazal
• → Turkish: bazal

• “basal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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basal (strong nominative masculine singular basaler, comparative basaler, superlative am basalsten)

1. basal

• IPA^(key): [ˈbasal]
• Hyphenation: ba‧sal

From Dutch basalt, from French basalte, from Middle French basalte, from Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”).

basal (first-person possessive basalku, second-person possessive basalmu, third-person possessive basalnya)

1. (geology) basalt: a hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.

• basalt (Standard Malay)

From Malay basal (“dropsy”), from Arabic بَصَل (baṣal, “onion, bulb”).

basal (first-person possessive basalku, second-person possessive basalmu, third-person possessive basalnya)

1. dropsy, edema

   Synonym: edema

From Dutch basaal, from English basal.

basal

1. basal:
   1. basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.

      Synonym: dasar

   2. (anatomy, histology) associated with the base of an organism or structure.
   3. (medicine) of a minimal level that is necessary for maintaining the health or life of an organism.

• “basal” 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.

From Arabic بَصَل (baṣal).

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.sal/
• Rhymes: -asal

basal m (collective, singulative basla, paucal basliet)

1. onion (as a mass or species); several onions
   • 2018, “Tasal li tiekol burger bid-dud?”, in Television Malta (TVM)‎^[1]:

     Biex il-burger ikun komplut jisserva bil-ħass, basal u tadam u diġà kien suċċess fl-Olanda u l-Belġju.

     For the burger to be complete it is served with lettuce, onions and tomatoes; it has already been a success in the Netherlands and Belgium.

2. bulbs

basal

1. to beat, to knock

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: ba‧sal

basal m or f (plural basais, not comparable)

1. basal

• IPA^(key): /baˈsal/ [baˈsal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ba‧sal

basal m or f (masculine and feminine plural basales)

1. basal

• “basal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

From Ottoman Turkish بصل (basal), from Arabic بَصَل (baṣal, “onion”).

basal (definite accusative basali, plural basaller)

1. onion (Allium cepa)

   Synonym: soğan

2. (botany) bulbous root

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “basal1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 474