different between blay vs blaa

English

Etymology

From Middle English *blaye, *bleye, from Old English bl??e (“blay, bleak, gudgeon”), from Proto-Germanic *blaigij? (“blay, bleak, gudgeon”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?leyk- (“to shine”). Cognate with German Bleie, Bleihe (“blay”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?

Noun

blay (plural blays)

1. The bleak (fish).

Translations

Anagrams

• -ably, Alby, ably

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Etymology

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Verb

blay (present participle blayeen)

1. to blow
2. to shout

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Etymology

From French, either from blé (“wheat”) or from blanc (“white”) as in pain blanc (“white bread”).

Noun

blaa (plural blaas)

1. (bakery, Ireland) a soft white breakfast roll, traditionally associated with south-east Ireland

Derived terms

• Waterford blaa

Anagrams

• AABL, Alba, Ba'al, Baal, Bala, Ba?al, LABA, alba, baal, laab

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish bláth, from Proto-Celtic *bl?tus, from Proto-Indo-European *b?leh?- (“blossom, flower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ble?/

Noun

blaa m (genitive singular blaa, plural blaaghyn)

1. flower
2. bloom
3. pride
4. heyday

Mutation

Derived terms

• blaag
• blaaghey
• blaagheyder
• blaanid
• blaaoil