blaa
English
Etymology
From French, either from blé (“wheat”) or from blanc (“white”) as in pain blanc (“white bread”).
Noun
blaa (plural blaas)
- (bakery, Ireland) a soft white breakfast roll, traditionally associated with south-east Ireland
Derived terms
East Central German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German blā, from Old High German blāo.
Further reading
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 24:
- Alte und neue Gedichte und Geschichten in erzgebirgischer Mundart, 12. Heft., P. 2
- Manfred Blechschmidt, Behüt eich fei dos Licht Ein Weihnachtsbuch des Erzgebirges P. 190
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish bláth, from Proto-Celtic *blātus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bleː/
Derived terms
- blaag
- blaaghey
- blaagheyder
- blaanid
- blaaoil
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| blaa | vlaa | mlaa |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
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