different between blite vs blike

English

Etymology

From Latin blitum.

Pronunciation

• enPR: bl?t, IPA^(key): /bla?t/
• Rhymes: -a?t
• Homophone: blight

Noun

blite (plural blites)

1. The plant Amaranthus blitum, purple amaranth.
2. Any of various plants in the genus Chenopodium.
3. Any of various plants in the genus Atriplex.

References

• blite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Amaranthus blitum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Chenopodium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Atriplex on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Irish

Verb

blite

1. past participle of bligh (“milk”, verb)

Noun

blite m sg

1. genitive singular of bleán

Mutation

Further reading

• "blite" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

English

Etymology

From Middle English bliken, from Old English bl?can (“to shine, glitter, dazzle, sparkle, twinkle”), from Proto-Germanic *bl?kan? (“to gleam, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?el- (“to shine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bla?k/
• Rhymes: -a?k

Verb

blike (third-person singular simple present blikes, present participle bliking, simple past bliked or bloke, past participle bliked or blicken)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To shine; gleam.

Related terms

• blicant
• blick
• blicken
• bleak
• bleach
• bliken

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian bl?ka, from Proto-Germanic *bl?kan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?blik?/

Verb

blike

1. to appear

Inflection

Further reading

• “blike (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011