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بالِيه
ballet /bɑːˈliː.jɛh/
nounB2#3981 most common
Also: a ballet performance, the ballet dance form
Example sentences
أنا أحب الباليه.
I like ballet.
هي تتعلم الباليه في المدرسة.
She is learning ballet at school.
شاهدنا عرض باليه رائعا مساء أمس.
We watched a wonderful ballet performance last night.
تتطلب رقصة الباليه سنوات طويلة من التدريب والانضباط.
Ballet dancing requires many years of training and discipline.
يجمع الباليه الكلاسيكي بين الموسيقى والحركة للتعبير عن قصة دون كلام.
Classical ballet combines music and movement to tell a story without words.
أعادت الفرقة تفسير باليه "بحيرة البجع" بأسلوب معاصر أثار جدلا واسعا بين النقاد.
The company reinterpreted the ballet "Swan Lake" in a contemporary style that sparked wide debate among critics.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | باليهٌ | باليهاتٌ |
| Genitive | باليهٍ | باليهاتٍ |
| Accusative | باليهاً | باليهاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا باليهُ | يا باليهاتُ |
Word family
راقص باليهmale ballet dancer
راقصة باليهfemale ballet dancer (ballerina)
مدرسة باليهballet school
حذاء الباليهballet shoe
عرض باليهballet performance
Etymology
Arabic باليه is a direct borrowing of the French word ballet. French took it from Italian balletto, a diminutive of ballo, meaning dance. The Italian word traces back to Late Latin ballare, to dance. Arabic adopted the term wholesale in the 20th century along with the art form itself, without adapting it to a native root pattern.
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