blæc

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blakaz (“burnt, black”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine, burn, scorch”); cognate with Old Saxon blac ‘ink’, Old High German blah-; related to Old Norse blakkr ‘dusky, black’.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blæk/

Adjective

blæc

1. black

Declension

Declension of blæc — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	blæc	blacu, -o	blæc
Accusative	blæcne	blace	blæc
Genitive	blaces	blæcre	blaces
Dative	blacum	blæcre	blacum
Instrumental	blace	blæcre	blace
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	blace	blaca, -e	blacu, -o
Accusative	blace	blaca, -e	blacu, -o
Genitive	blæcra	blæcra	blæcra
Dative	blacum	blacum	blacum
Instrumental	blacum	blacum	blacum

Declension of blæc — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	blaca	blace	blace
Accusative	blacan	blacan	blace
Genitive	blacan	blacan	blacan
Dative	blacan	blacan	blacan
Instrumental	blacan	blacan	blacan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	blacan	blacan	blacan
Accusative	blacan	blacan	blacan
Genitive	blæcra, blacena	blæcra, blacena	blæcra, blacena
Dative	blacum	blacum	blacum
Instrumental	blacum	blacum	blacum

Descendants

• → Danish: blæk
  • → Greenlandic: pilikki
• Middle English: blak, blake
  • English: black

See also

• blāc