blatzeg

Luxembourgish

Etymology

The original meaning is “blear, bleary-eyed”, from Blatz (“gound, sleepy dust”) and blatzen (“to be blear, goundy”). Related dialectal forms show that the -a- in these words is (regularly) derived from an underlying -i-. Blatzen might hence be a doublet of blécksen (“to blink”, the natural reaction to dry eyes), from Bléck (“look, glance”), older also Black, here with the native vocalism preserved and with -cks- → -tz-, a fairly common development in High German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɑtseχ/, [ˈblɑt͡səɕ]

Adjective

blatzeg (masculine blatzegen, neuter blatzegt, comparative méi blatzeg, superlative am blatzegsten)

1. bleary-eyed, blear, having gound in one’s eyes
2. pale, wan
3. drab

Declension

declension of blatzeg

number and gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		hien ass blatzeg	si ass blatzeg	et ass blatzeg	si si(nn) blatzeg
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	blatzegen	blatzeg	blatzegt	blatzeg
	independent without determiner			blatzeges	blatzeger
dative	after any declined word	blatzegen	blatzeger	blatzegen	blatzegen
	as first declined word	blatzegem		blatzegem