blo

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See also: blø and blo'

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bloː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: blo
  • Rhymes: -oː

Adjective

blo (comparative bloder, superlative bloodste)

  1. Alternative form of blood.

Inflection

Inflection of blo
uninflected blo
inflected blode
comparative bloder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial blo bloder het bloodst
het bloodste
indefinite m./f. sing. blode blodere bloodste
n. sing. blo bloder bloodste
plural blode blodere bloodste
definite blode blodere bloodste
partitive blo's bloders

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German blā, blāwes, from Old High German blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

blo (comparative bloer, superlative bloest)

  1. blue
    Alles blo?
    What's up? (lit. All blue)

Declension

Declension of blo (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)
masculine feminine neuter plural
Weak inflection nominative blo blo blo bloe
accusative bloe blo blo bloe
dative bloe bloe bloe bloe
Strong inflection nominative bloer bloe bloes bloe
accusative bloe bloe bloes bloe
dative bloem bloer bloem bloe

See also

Colors in Hunsrik · Forrve (layout · text)
     Weis      Grau      Schwarz
             Rod              Ranschegelleb; Braun              Gelleb, Geel
             Grien (Hellgrien), (Neongrien)              Grien (Dunkelgrien)              Menz
             Meergrien              Blau (Hellblau)              Blau (Dunkelblau)
             Feilche              Rosch, Lila              Roserod

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

blo (masculine bloen, neuter blot, comparative méi blo, superlative am bloosten)

  1. blue

Declension

See also

Colors in Luxembourgish · Faarwen (layout · text)
     wäiss      gro      schwaarz
             rout              orange; brong              giel
                          gréng             
             turquoise              blo (hellblo, himmelblo)              blo (donkelblo)
             violett; indigo              magenta; mof              rosa; pink

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse blá, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

blo (uncountable)

  1. bruise
  2. blueness

Descendants

  • English: blow
  • Scots: blae, blaw, bla, blea, ble

References

Adjective

blo

  1. bruised, injured, visibly hurt
  2. bluish, greyish
  3. dark-skinned
  4. upset, sad

Descendants

References

See also

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)
     whit      grey, hor      blak
             red; cremesyn, gernet              citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne              yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
             grasgrene              grene             
             plunket; ewage              asure, livid              blewe, blo, pers
             violet; inde              rose, murrey; purpel, purpur              claret

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Noun

blo m

  1. blue

Pijin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English belong.

Preposition

blo

  1. Of; belonging to.

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin blāvus, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Adjective

blo m (feminine singular blava, masculine plural blos, feminine plural blavas)

  1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) blue