blika

== Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈplɪːka/ Rhymes: -ɪːka === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse blíkja, from Proto-Germanic *blīkaną (“to shine, gleam”). ==== Noun ==== blika f (genitive singular bliku, nominative plural blikur) cirrostratus, rain cloud Synonym: skýjablika a veil of clouds (as can cover the sun) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== blikur á lofti lítast á blikuna þokukennd blika (“cirrostratus nebulosus”) þráðablika (“cirrostratus fibratus”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== blika (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative blikaði, supine blikað) to gleam, twinkle (of the air or sky or impersonal) to look as if heavy weather is coming ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== blika n indefinite genitive plural of blik === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== blika m indefinite accusative singular of bliki indefinite dative singular of bliki indefinite genitive singular of bliki indefinite accusative plural of bliki indefinite genitive plural of bliki == Old Frisian == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *blīkan, from Proto-Germanic *blīkaną (“to gleam, shine”). === Verb === *blīka to appear ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== West Frisian: blyckjen, blike