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بالِي
my mind /ˈbaː.li/
nounB2#3282 most common
Also: my attention, my thoughts, my mood
Example sentences
بالي مرتاح اليوم.
My mind is at ease today.
أنتِ دائماً في بالي.
You are always on my mind.
خطر في بالي أن أزورك غداً.
It occurred to me to visit you tomorrow.
لم يفارق بالي هذا الخبر منذ الصباح.
This news has not left my mind since morning.
رغم كل الضجيج حولي، ظل بالي مشغولاً بمشروعي الجديد.
Despite all the noise around me, my mind stayed occupied with my new project.
لم يخطر ببالي يوماً أن قراراً بسيطاً كهذا سيغيّر مسار حياتي بأكملها.
It never crossed my mind that such a simple decision would change the entire course of my life.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بالي | None |
| Genitive | بالي | None |
| Accusative | بالي | None |
| Vocative | None | None |
Word family
بالmind, mood, state of attention
بباليin my mind, occurring to me
خلي بالكpay attention, be careful (literally: keep your mind)
راحة البالpeace of mind
شغل بالto preoccupy someone's mind
Etymology
بالي comes from the Arabic noun بال (baal), meaning mind, mood, or state of attention, joined with the first-person singular possessive suffix ي (my). بال runs through Classical Arabic in set phrases about thought and worry, such as ما خطر بباله, it never crossed his mind. The root is Semitic, not Indo-European, so no PIE ancestor applies here.
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