German

Noun

Balg m, n ‎(genitive Balgs, plural Bälger)

1. brat (a selfish, spoiled, or unruly child)

Noun

Balg m ‎(genitive Balgs, plural Bälge)

1. hide
2. (technical) bellows
3. (botany) follicle

Dutch

Noun

balg m ‎(plural balgen, diminutive balgje n)

1. leather bag
2. bellows
3. (falconry) fake bait for training birds
4. cover for moving joints, as in articulated buses
5. (dialectal) belly

Derived terms

• (bellows) blaasbalg ‎(bellows)
• (cover) vouwbalg

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bolg m ‎(“bag, satchel; sack; belly, stomach; (smith's) bellows”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- ‎(“to swell”).

Noun

balg m ‎(genitive singular builg, plural builg)

1. (anatomy) abdomen, belly
2. bladder
3. blister
4. (dated) bag

Synonyms

• (belly): brù

Derived terms

References

• “1 bolg” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.