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blað

blað

See also: blad, bláth, blàth, blæd, blaþ, and błąd

Faroese

Noun

blað n (genitive singular blaðs, plural bløð)

  1. leaf
  2. sheet, page
  3. newspaper
  4. deck of cards; playing card
  5. (knife) blade
  6. (ship's propeller) blade
  7. (oar) blade

Declension

n6 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative blað blaðið bløð bløðini
Accusative blað blaðið bløð bløðini
Dative blað(i) blað(i)num bløðum bløðunum
Genitive blaðs blaðsins blaða blaðanna

Synonyms

2. ark
3. dagblað, tíðindablað, avís
4. kortablað; spælikort
6. skrúvublað

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse blað, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, maybe from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃oto, from *bʰleh₃-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plaːð/
  • Rhymes: -aːð

Noun

blað n (genitive singular blaðs, nominative plural blöð)

  1. a sheet of paper syn.
  2. a newspaper or magazine syn.
  3. leaf syn.
  4. (of grass) blade
  5. (of a knife, sword) blade syn.
  6. (music) reed (thin piece in a woodwind instrument that vibrates to produce sound)

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃oto, from *bʰleh₃-. Compare Old English blæd (English blade), Old Frisian bled (West Frisian bled), Old Saxon blad, Old High German blat (German Blatt).

Noun

blað n

  1. a leaf of a plant
  2. herb

Descendants

Synonyms

  • (leaf): lauf n (especially of trees)