blaw
German
Adjective
blaw (strong nominative masculine singular blawer, comparative blawer, superlative am blawesten)
- Obsolete spelling of blau
Declension
Positive forms of blaw
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| 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 | all genders | ||
| 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 | all genders | ||
| 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 | |
Old English
Alternative forms
- *blǣw
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blɑːw/
Adjective
blāw
- 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 |
Descendants
- Middle English: blo, bla, bloo, bloe
- English: blow
- Scots: blae
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)
- to blow
- 1783, Robert Burns, My Nanie, O:
- The westlin wind blaws loud an' shill; / The night's baith mirk and rainy, O
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch blauw.
Adjective
blaw
- blue