balen

Etymology 1
From or rather, used in ironic expressions with  to express frustration or annoyance; compare. The reanalysis as a verb probably developed from phrases like het is balen (“it is frustrating”).

Verb

 * 1)  to be annoyed, frustrated or fed up
 * 2)  to be bored; to be mildly annoyed through having nothing to do
 * 1)  to be bored; to be mildly annoyed through having nothing to do
 * 1)  to be bored; to be mildly annoyed through having nothing to do
 * 1)  to be bored; to be mildly annoyed through having nothing to do

Usage notes
Prepositional phrases with are reserved for nominal and pronominal arguments, including dummy objects:

and are used for clauses; the adverb  may be used in the governing clause as a dummy object:

Etymology 2
Gerund of the verb.

Interjection

 * 1)  too bad, that sucks

Etymology
, from. The final vowel "-e" morphs to "-ay" before suffixes. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) town