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blaa

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See also: blå and blåa

English

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Etymology

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From French, either from blé (wheat) or from blanc (white) as in pain blanc (white bread).

Noun

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blaa (plural blaas)

  1. (bakery, Ireland) a soft white breakfast roll, traditionally associated with south-east Ireland

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East Central German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German blā, from Old High German blāo.

Adjective

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blaa

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) blue

Further reading

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  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 24:
  • Alte und neue Gedichte und Geschichten in erzgebirgischer Mundart, 12. Heft., P. 2
  • Manfred Blechschmidt, Behüt eich fei dos Licht Ein Weihnachtsbuch des Erzgebirges P. 190

Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish bláth, from Proto-Celtic *blātus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (blossom, flower).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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blaa m (genitive singular blaa, plural blaaghyn)

  1. flower
  2. bloom
  3. pride
  4. heyday

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Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
blaa vlaa mlaa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.