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English
Pronunciation
Verb blew
simple past of blow ( now colloquial ) past participle of blow
Noun blew (countable and uncountable plural blews
Obsolete form of blue
Adjective blew (comparative more blew , superlative most blew )
Obsolete form of blue
Cornish
Etymology Cognate with Breton blev Welsh blew Ancient Greek φλόος ( phlóos , “ rind, bark ” ) .[ 1] Lithuanian plùskos ( “ hair ” ) and Proto-West Germanic *fleus ( “ fleece ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *plews- ( “ to pull out, pluck ” ) .[ 2]
Noun blew m singulative blewen
( collective ) hair
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Middle English
Adjective blew
Alternative form of blewe
Welsh
Etymology From Middle Welsh blew Breton blev Cornish blew Ancient Greek φλόος ( phlóos , “ rind, bark ” ) .[ 1] Lithuanian plùskos ( “ hair ” ) and Proto-West Germanic *fleus ( “ fleece ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *plews- ( “ to pull out, pluck ” ) .[ 2]
Pronunciation
Noun blew m collective singulative blewyn
hair , hairs
Synonym: gwallt bristles
Synonym: gwrych fur
Synonyms: ffwr manflew blades of grass
Synonyms: blew cae blew glas fishbones
Derived terms achub y blewyn a cholli’r bwrn ( “ to be penny-wise and pound-foolish, to falsely economise ” ) amranflew ( “ eyelash ” ) at y blewyn ( “ to a hair's breadth, precisely ” ) blew amrant ( “ eyelashes ” ) blew cae , blew glas ( “ blades of grass ” ) blew llygaid ( “ eyelashes ” ) blew Medi ( “ gossamer ” ) blew pen ( “ head hair ” ) blew pigog ( “ stingers of a nettle ” ) blewiach ( “ fine hairs, down ” ) blewog ( “ furry ” ) blew'r arffed ( “ pubic hair ” ) blew'r gên ( “ beard ” ) blewyn da ar ( “ in good condition ” ) brethyn blew ( “ haircloth ” ) bwrw blew ( “ to moult, to shed hair ” ) di-flewyn-ar-dafod ( “ straight-talking ” ) dim blewyn ar ei dafod ( “ straight-talking ” ) edau flew ( “ mohair ” ) ffolicl blewyn ( “ hair follicle ” ) goflew ( “ fine hair, down ” ) gweld blew ei lygaid ( “ to mistakenly believe one sees things ” ) heb blewyn ar ei dafod ( “ straight-talking, outspoken ” ) hel blew ceimion ( “ to wander around ” ) hollti blew ( “ to split hairs ” ) hollti blewyn yn bedwar ar ddeg ( “ to exaggerate, to lie ” ) i'r blewyn ( “ to a hair's breadth, precisely ” ) lled blewyn ( “ hair's breadth ” ) manflew ( “ fur, down ” ) sbort pen blewyn ( “ rushlight ” ) trwch blewyn ( “ hair's breadth ” ) tynnu blewyn cwta ( “ to draw lots ” ) tynnu blewyn o drwyn ( “ to provoke, to goad ” )
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
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