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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blīþiz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *blī-, *bli- (“to shine, gleam, glow; be light, be glad”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlī- (“light, fine, pleasant”), from *bʰleh₁-, *bʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Lithuanian bliva (“violet”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbliː.θiz/
Adjective
*blīþiz
- serene, mild
- pleasant, pleasing, delightful, friendly
Inflection
Declension of *blīþiz (i-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *blīþiz | *blīþijai | *blīþī | *blīþijôz | *blīþį, *-jatō | *blīþijō |
| accusative | *blīþijanǭ | *blīþijanz | *blīþijǭ | *blīþijōz | *blīþį, *-jatō | *blīþijō |
| genitive | *blīþijas, *blīþīs | *blīþijaizǫ̂ | *blīþijaizōz | *blīþijaizǫ̂ | *blīþijas, *blīþīs | *blīþijaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *blīþijammai | *blīþijaimaz | *blīþijaizōi | *blīþijaimaz | *blīþijammai | *blīþijaimaz |
| instrumental | *blīþijanō | *blīþijaimiz | *blīþijaizō | *blīþijaimiz | *blīþijanō | *blīþijaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *blīþijô | *blīþijaniz | *blīþijǭ | *blīþijōniz | *blīþijô | *blīþijōnō |
| accusative | *blīþijanų | *blīþijanunz | *blīþijōnų | *blīþijōnunz | *blīþijô | *blīþijōnō |
| genitive | *blīþīniz | *blīþijanǫ̂ | *blīþijōniz | *blīþijōnǫ̂ | *blīþīniz | *blīþijanǫ̂ |
| dative | *blīþīni | *blīþijammaz | *blīþijōni | *blīþijōmaz | *blīþīni | *blīþijammaz |
| instrumental | *blīþīnē | *blīþijammiz | *blīþijōnē | *blīþijōmiz | *blīþīnē | *blīþijammiz |
Derived terms
- *blīþiskapiz
- *blīþijaną
- *blīþǭ
- *blīþisjō
- *blīþiþō
Related terms
- *blīwą
Descendants
- Old English: blīþe
- Middle English: blith, blyth, blithe
- Scots: blithe, blythe, blide
- English: blithe
- Middle English: blith, blyth, blithe
- Old Frisian: *blīthe, *blīth, *blīd (in compounds)
- North Frisian: blid
- Saterland Frisian: bliede
- West Frisian: bliid
- Old Saxon: blīthi
- Middle Low German: blīde
- Low German: blide, blyde
- Middle Low German: blīde
- Old Dutch: *blīthi
- Middle Dutch: blide
- Dutch: blij
- Middle Dutch: blide
- Old High German: blīdi, plīdi
- Middle High German: blīde
- German: blid, blied (dialectal)
- Middle High German: blīde
- Old Norse: blíðr
- Icelandic: blíður
- Faroese: blíður
- Norwegian: blid
- Old Swedish: blīþer
- Swedish: blid
- Danish: blid
- Gothic: 𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐍃 (bleiþs)