blot

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English blot (“blot, spot, stain, blemish”). Perhaps from Old Norse *blettr (“blot, stain”) (only attested in documents from after Old Norse transitioned to Icelandic blettur), or from Old French bloche (“clod of earth”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /blɒt/ Rhymes: -ɒt (General American) IPA(key): /blɑt/ === Noun === blot (plural blots) A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance. (by extension) A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace. (biochemistry) A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier. (backgammon) An exposed piece in backgammon. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== blotch (possibly derived) ==== Descendants ==== → Polish: blotka ==== Translations ==== === Verb === blot (third-person singular simple present blots, present participle blotting, simple past and past participle blotted) (transitive) To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance. (intransitive) To soak up or absorb liquid. (transitive) To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper. (transitive) To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink. (transitive) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil. (transitive) To stain with infamy; to disgrace. (transitive) To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out. (transitive) To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow. (transitive, MLE) To sell illegal drugs, to deal, to push. (backgammon, transitive) To hit a blot. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Tbol, bolt, Bolt, TBol == Danish == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Middle Low German blōt (“bare”), from Proto-Germanic *blautaz (“void, emaciated, soft”), cognate with German bloß (“bare”) and Danish blød (“soft”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈb̥lʌd̥] ==== Adjective ==== blot (plural and definite singular attributive blotte) (dated) mere, very ==== Adverb ==== blot (slightly formal) only, merely ===== Synonyms ===== kun, bare === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse blót, from Proto-Germanic *blōtą. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈb̥loˀd̥] ==== Noun ==== blot a sacrifice (especially a blood sacrifice by heathens) === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈb̥lʌd̥] ==== Verb ==== blot imperative of blotte === Etymology 4 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈb̥loˀd̥] ==== Verb ==== blot imperative of blote == Low German == === Etymology === From Middle Low German blōt (“bare”), from Proto-Germanic *blautaz (“void, emaciated, soft”), cognate with German bloß (“bare”) and Danish blød (“soft”). Spelling variant of bloot. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbloʊ̯t] === Adverb === blot only, merely ==== Synonyms ==== blots, man === References === Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster) == Luxembourgish == === Adjective === blot neuter nominative of blo neuter accusative of blo == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *blōtą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bloːt/ Rhymes: -ōt === Noun === blōt n a sacrifice, especially a blood sacrifice by heathens He ealle ða cuman to blote gedyde ― he gave all the strangers as a sacrifice. (Alfred's Orosius) ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Related terms ==== blōtan blōtmōnaþ == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish blot, from Old Norse blót, from Proto-Germanic *blōtą. === Noun === blot n a blót (heathen sacrificial ceremony) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== blota === References === blot in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blɔt/ Rhymes: -ɔt === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English blot. ==== Noun ==== blot m (plural blotiau or blotau, diminutive blotyn) (narratology) blot, splotch, spot Synonyms: sbot, staen, brycheuyn ==== Mutation ==== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== blot soft mutation of plot ==== Mutation ==== === Further reading === Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “blot”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[5], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “blot”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “blot”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies