different between blite vs flite

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

Alternative forms

• flyte (Scotland)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?t

Etymology 1

From Middle English flit, flyt, ?eflit, from Old English fl?t, ?efl?t (“strife, contention”), from Proto-Germanic *fl?taz, *fl?tiz (“strife, zeal, effort, diligence”). Cognate with Scots flyte (“scolding, chiding, reproof”),Saterland Frisian Fliet (“zeal, diligence”), Dutch vlijt (“zeal, diligence”), German Low German Fliet (“zeal, diligence”), German Fleiß (“zeal, diligence”), Danish flid (“zeal, diligence”), Swedish flit (“zeal, diligence”).

Noun

flite (plural flites)

1. (dialectal) a quarrel, dispute, wrangling.
2. (dialectal) a scolding.

Etymology 2

From Middle English fliten (“to argue, quarrel”), from Old English fl?tan (“to strive, contend”), from Proto-West Germanic *fl?tan (“to strive, contend”). Akin to German befleissen (“to apply oneself diligently, endeavor”), Swedish beflita (“to apply to, study”), Norwegian Bokmål beflitte (“to endeavour, strive”), Dutch vlijt (“diligence, assiduity”), German Fleiß (“diligence, assiduity”), Swedish flit (“diligence”), Norwegian Bokmål and Danish flid (“diligence”).

Verb

flite (third-person singular simple present flites, present participle fliting, simple past flited or flote, past participle flited or flitten)

1. (dialectal) to dispute, quarrel, wrangle, brawl.
2. (dialectal) to scold, jeer.
3. (obsolete) to make or utter complaint.

Related terms

• flyting

Anagrams

• filet