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== English == === Etymology === From Middle English bliken, from Old English blīcan (“to shine, glitter, dazzle, sparkle, twinkle”), from Proto-West Germanic *blīkan, from Proto-Germanic *blīkaną (“to gleam, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Compare blick. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blaɪk/ Rhymes: -aɪk === Verb === blike (third-person singular simple present blikes, present participle bliking, simple past bliked or bloke, past participle bliked or bloke or blicken) (intransitive, obsolete) To shine; gleam. ==== Related terms ==== == West Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian blīka === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈblikə/ === Verb === blike to appear ==== Inflection ==== ==== Further reading ==== “blike (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011