blint
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *blint, from Proto-West Germanic *blind.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blɪnt/
Adjective
blint
- blind, unable to see
Inflection
| Adjective | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | ||
| Nominative | Indefinite | blint | blinde | blint | blinde |
| Definite | blinde | blinde | |||
| Accusative | Indefinite | blinden | blinde | blint | blinde |
| Definite | blinde | ||||
| Genitive | blints | blinder | blints | blinder | |
| Dative | blinden | blinder | blinden | blinden | |
Descendants
- Dutch: blind
- Limburgish: blindj
Further reading
- “blint”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “blint”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *blind, whence also Old English blind, Old Norse blindr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blint/
Adjective
blint
- blind
Declension
Declension of blint
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | blintēr | blinte | blintiu | blinto | blintaȥ | blintiu |
| accusative | blintan | blinte | blinta | blinto | blintaȥ | blintiu |
| genitive | blintes | blintero | blintera | blintero | blintes | blintero |
| dative | blintemu, blintemo | blintēm, blintēn | blinteru, blintero | blintēm, blintēn | blintemu, blintemo | blintēm, blintēn |
| instrumental | blintu, blinto | - | - | - | blintu, blinto | - |
| weak declension | ||||||
| case | masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | blinto | blinton, blintun | blinta | blintūn | blinta | blintun, blinton |
| accusative | blinton, blintun | blinton, blintun | blintūn | blintūn | blinta | blintun, blinton |
| genitive | blinten, blintin | blintōno | blintūn | blintōno | blinten, blintin | blintōno |
| dative | blinten, blintin | blintōm, blintōn | blintūn | blintōm, blintōn | blinten, blintin | blintōm, blintōn |
Descendants
- Middle High German: blint
- German: blind
- → Esperanto: blinda
- Luxembourgish: blann
- Vilamovian: błynd
- Yiddish: בלינד (blind)
- German: blind
References
- Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer
Plautdietsch
Etymology
From Middle Low German blint, from Old Saxon blind. Cognate to Dutch blind, German blind.
Adjective
blint
- blind
Swedish
Adjective
blint
- absolute indefinite neuter singular of blind.