blew

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: bl(y)o͞o, IPA(key): /bl(j)uː/ (Wales) IPA(key): /blɪu̯/ Rhymes: -uː Homophone: blue === Etymology 1 === From Middle English blew, from Old English blēow, from Proto-West Germanic *blē. ==== Verb ==== blew simple past of blow (now colloquial, dialectal) past participle of blow === Etymology 2 === ==== 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 and Welsh blew. Of uncertain ultimate origin and lacking Celtic cognates outside of Brythonic. Perhaps related to Ancient Greek φλόος (phlóos, “rind, bark”). Or, related to Lithuanian plùskos (“hair”) and Proto-West Germanic *fleus (“fleece”), from Proto-Indo-European *plews- (“to pull out, pluck”). === Noun === blew (collective, singulative blewen f) hair Synonym: gols ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === == Middle English == === Alternative forms === bleu, blewe, blue, blw, blwe, blyu === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman bleu, blew; from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz. See also blo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bliu̯/ === Adjective === blew blue, azure blue-violet blue-grey; the colour of bruises blue-black ==== Derived terms ==== blewman ==== Descendants ==== English: blue Scots: blew, blue Yola: blue ==== References ==== “bleu, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 March 2018. === Noun === blew blue blue textiles (rare) blue pigment ==== Descendants ==== English: blue Scots: blew, blue ==== References ==== “bleu, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 March 2018. === See also === == Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle Welsh blew; cognate with Breton blev and Cornish blew. Of uncertain ultimate origin and lacking Celtic cognates outside of Brythonic. Perhaps related to Ancient Greek φλόος (phlóos, “rind, bark”). Or, related to Lithuanian plùskos (“hair”) and Proto-West Germanic *fleus (“fleece”), from Proto-Indo-European *plews- (“to pull out, pluck”). === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbleːu̯/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈblɛu̯/ Rhymes: -ɛu̯ === Noun === blew (plural, singular blewyn m) hair, hairs Synonym: gwallt bristles Synonym: gwrych fur Synonyms: ffwr, manflew blades of grass Synonyms: blew cae, blew glas fishbones ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References ===