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blaw (strong nominative masculine singular blawer, comparative blawer, superlative am blawesten)

  1. Obsolete spelling of blau.

Comparative forms of blaw

Superlative forms of blaw

blaw

  1. Alternative form of blow

From Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

blāw

  1. blue

Declension of blāw — Strong

Declension of blāw — Weak

Colors in Old English · dēage(layout · text)
     hwīt      grǣġ      blæc, sweart
             rēad; basu              ġeolurēad; brūn              ġeolu
                          grēne             
                          blāw              blāw
                          purpuren             

From Northern Middle English blawe, from Old English blāwan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāan, from Proto-Germanic *blēaną (“to blow”). More at English blow.

blaw (third-person singular simple present blaws, present participle blawin, simple past blew, past participle blawen)

  1. to blow

    • 1783, Robert Burns, My Nanie, O:

      The westlin wind blaws loud an' shill; / The night's baith mirk and rainy, O

      The westerly wind blows loud and shrill; / The night's both dark and rainy, O
Blaw

Borrowed from Dutch blauw.

  • IPA(key): /ˈblau̯/, [ˈbla̠u̯], [ˈblɑ̟u̯]

blaw

  1. blue
Colours in Sranan Tongo (kloru) (layout · text)
     redi      geri      blaw      grun      weti
     blaka      broin      alanya      lila      [Term?]
  • Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “blaw”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary