गेंद (gend)

noun A single, everyday sense: the ball used in games and play. Grammatically feminine.
Sense 1 : ball (the round object used in sports/play)
noun, feminine
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This is the word you will hear shouted across any galli (galii, 'lane') cricket match in Delhi -- गेंद डाल (gend daal, 'throw the ball') or गेंद ला (gend laa, 'bring the ball') when it inevitably lands in a neighbor's balcony. It is used across sports generically -- cricket, football, tennis -- rather than having separate words per sport.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes guess it is masculine because it doesn't end in the typical feminine -ई (ii); गेंद (gend) is feminine, so it takes गेंदें (genden) in the plural and feminine agreement throughout -- e.g. गेंद गई (gend gaii, 'the ball went'), not गेंद गया (gend gayaa).
Sample Sentences:
गली में लड़के गेंद से क्रिकेट खेल रहे हैं। The boys are playing cricket with a ball in the lane.
(galii men ladke gend se kriket khel rahe hain।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
गेंद डाल, मेरी बारी है! Throw the ball, it's my turn!
(gend daal, merii baarii hai!)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
गेंद पड़ोसी की छत पर चली गई, अब कौन जाएगा गेंद लाने? The ball went onto the neighbor's roof -- now who's going to go bring the ball?
(gend padosii kii chhat par chalii gaii, ab kaun jaaegaa gend laane?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
उसने गेंद इतनी ज़ोर से मारी कि खिड़की का शीशा टूट गया। He hit the ball so hard that the window pane broke.
(usne gend itnii zor se maarii ki khidkii kaa shiishaa toot gayaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अगर गेंद बाउंड्री के पार चली जाती, तो छक्का लगता। If the ball had gone past the boundary, it would have been a six.
(agar gend baaundrii ke paar chalii jaatii, to chhakkaa lagtaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Perfective -- Voice: Active
बच्चे रोज़ शाम को पार्क में गेंद से खेलते हैं। The children play with a ball in the park every evening.
(bachche roz shaam ko paark men gend se khelte hain।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
मैच से पहले गेंद की जांच अंपायर द्वारा की जाती है। The ball is inspected by the umpire before the match.
(maich se pahle gend kii jaanch ampaayar dvaaraa kii jaatii hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
क्या तुम्हारे पास फुटबॉल की गेंद है? Do you have a football (the ball)?
(kyaa tumhaare paas phutbol kii gend hai?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
गेंद इतनी तेज़ आई कि वह पकड़ ही नहीं पाया। The ball came so fast that he couldn't even catch it.
(gend itnii tez aaii ki vah pakad hii nahiin paayaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
शायद गेंद झाड़ियों में गिर गई हो। The ball may have fallen into the bushes.
(shaayad gend jhaadiyon men gir gaii ho।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Aspect: Perfective -- Voice: Active
गेंद मैदान के बीचोंबीच पड़ी है। The ball is lying right in the middle of the field.
(gend maidaan ke biichombiich padii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct): गेंद (gend)
(sg.f.oblique): गेंद (gend)
(pl.f.direct): गेंदें (genden)
(pl.f.oblique): गेंदों (gendon)