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blew

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English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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blew

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

Noun

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blew (countable and uncountable, plural blews)

  1. Obsolete form of blue.

Adjective

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blew (comparative more blew, superlative most blew)

  1. Obsolete form of blue.

Cornish

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Etymology

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Cognate with Breton blev and Welsh blew. 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

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blew m (singulative blewen)

  1. (collective) hair

Synonyms

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Mutation

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Mutation of blew
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
blew vlew unchanged plew flew vlew

References

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  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

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Adjective

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blew

  1. Alternative form of blewe

Welsh

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Etymology

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From Middle Welsh blew; cognate with Breton blev and Cornish blew. 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

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Noun

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blew m (collective, singulative blewyn)

  1. hair, hairs
    Synonym: gwallt
  2. bristles
    Synonym: gwrych
  3. fur
    Synonyms: ffwr, manflew
  4. blades of grass
    Synonyms: blew cae, blew glas
  5. fishbones

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of blew
radical soft nasal aspirate
blew flew mlew unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  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