bela'

• bala’

From Arabic بَلَعَ (balaʕa).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.la/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.laˤ/ (archaic)
• Homophone: belha (standard only)

bela’ (imperfect jibla’, past participle miblugħ, verbal noun bligħ or blugħ)

1. to swallow
2. (figuratively) to be gullible