blaw

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German

Adjective

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

  1. Obsolete spelling of blau.

Declension

Positive forms of blaw
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist blaw sie ist blaw es ist blaw sie sind blaw
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative blawer blawe blawes blawe
genitive blawen blawer blawen blawer
dative blawem blawer blawem blawen
accusative blawen blawe blawes blawe
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der blawe die blawe das blawe die blawen
genitive des blawen der blawen des blawen der blawen
dative dem blawen der blawen dem blawen den blawen
accusative den blawen die blawe das blawe die blawen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein blawer eine blawe ein blawes (keine) blawen
genitive eines blawen einer blawen eines blawen (keiner) blawen
dative einem blawen einer blawen einem blawen (keinen) blawen
accusative einen blawen eine blawe ein blawes (keine) blawen
Comparative forms of blaw
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist blawer sie ist blawer es ist blawer sie sind blawer
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative blawerer blawere blaweres blawere
genitive blaweren blawerer blaweren blawerer
dative blawerem blawerer blawerem blaweren
accusative blaweren blawere blaweres blawere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der blawere die blawere das blawere die blaweren
genitive des blaweren der blaweren des blaweren der blaweren
dative dem blaweren der blaweren dem blaweren den blaweren
accusative den blaweren die blawere das blawere die blaweren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein blawerer eine blawere ein blaweres (keine) blaweren
genitive eines blaweren einer blaweren eines blaweren (keiner) blaweren
dative einem blaweren einer blaweren einem blaweren (keinen) blaweren
accusative einen blaweren eine blawere ein blaweres (keine) blaweren
Superlative forms of blaw
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am blawesten sie ist am blawesten es ist am blawesten sie sind am blawesten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative blawester blaweste blawestes blaweste
genitive blawesten blawester blawesten blawester
dative blawestem blawester blawestem blawesten
accusative blawesten blaweste blawestes blaweste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der blaweste die blaweste das blaweste die blawesten
genitive des blawesten der blawesten des blawesten der blawesten
dative dem blawesten der blawesten dem blawesten den blawesten
accusative den blawesten die blaweste das blaweste die blawesten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein blawester eine blaweste ein blawestes (keine) blawesten
genitive eines blawesten einer blawesten eines blawesten (keiner) blawesten
dative einem blawesten einer blawesten einem blawesten (keinen) blawesten
accusative einen blawesten eine blaweste ein blawestes (keine) blawesten

Middle English

Noun

blaw

  1. Alternative form of blow

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

blāw

  1. blue

Declension

Declension of blāw — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative blāw blāw blāw
Accusative blāwne blāwe blāw
Genitive blāwes blāwre blāwes
Dative blāwum blāwre blāwum
Instrumental blāwe blāwre blāwe
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative blāwe blāwa, blāwe blāw
Accusative blāwe blāwa, blāwe blāw
Genitive blāwra blāwra blāwra
Dative blāwum blāwum blāwum
Instrumental blāwum blāwum blāwum
Declension of blāw — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative blāwa blāwe blāwe
Accusative blāwan blāwan blāwe
Genitive blāwan blāwan blāwan
Dative blāwan blāwan blāwan
Instrumental blāwan blāwan blāwan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative blāwan blāwan blāwan
Accusative blāwan blāwan blāwan
Genitive blāwra, blāwena blāwra, blāwena blāwra, blāwena
Dative blāwum blāwum blāwum
Instrumental blāwum blāwum blāwum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: blo, bla, bloo, bloe
    • English: blow
    • Scots: blae, blaw, bla, blea, ble

Scots

Etymology

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

Verb

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

Sranan Tongo

Blaw

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch blauw.

Adjective

blaw

  1. blue

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

Colours in Sranan Tongo (kloru) (layout · text)
     redi      geri      blaw      grun      weti
     blaka      broin      alanya      lila     

References

  • Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “blaw”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary
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