blew

See also: Blew

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: bl(y)o͞o, IPA(key): /bl(j)uː/
  • (Wales) IPA(key): /blɪu̯/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Homophone: blue

Verb

blew

  1. simple past of blow
  2. (now colloquial) past participle of blow

Noun

blew (countable and uncountable, plural blews)

  1. Obsolete form of blue.

Adjective

blew (comparative more blew, superlative most blew)

  1. Obsolete form of blue.

Cornish

Etymology

Cognate with Breton blev and Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Of uncertain ultimate origin and lacking Celtic cognates outside of Brythonic. Perhaps related to Ancient Greek φλόος (phlóos, rind, bark).[1] Or, related to Lithuanian plùskos (hair) and Proto-West Germanic *fleus (fleece), from Proto-Indo-European *plews- (to pull out, pluck).[2]

Noun

blew f (singulative blewen)

  1. hair

Synonyms

References

  1. Language. (1931). United States: Linguistic Society of America, p. 239
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959), 838”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 838

Middle English

Adjective

blew

  1. Alternative form of blewe

Welsh

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value); cognate with Breton blev and Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Of uncertain ultimate origin and lacking Celtic cognates outside of Brythonic. Perhaps related to Ancient Greek φλόος (phlóos, rind, bark).[1] Or, related to Lithuanian plùskos (hair) and Proto-West Germanic *fleus (fleece), from Proto-Indo-European *plews- (to pull out, pluck).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

blew m pl (singulative blewyn)

  1. hair
  2. fur

Derived terms

  • blewiach (fine hairs, down)
  • blewog (furry, adjective)
  • manflew (fur, down)

See also

Mutation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References

  1. Language. (1931). United States: Linguistic Society of America, p. 239
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959), 838”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 838
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