"blew" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Cornish]

Forms: blewen [feminine, singulative], no-table-tags [table-tags], blew [error-unrecognized-form], vlew [soft], plew [error-unrecognized-form], flew [mixed], vlew [mixed]
Etymology: Cognate with Breton blev and Welsh blew. Of uncertain ultimate origin and lacking Celtic cognates outside of Brythonic. Perhaps related to Ancient Greek φλόος (phlóos, “rind, bark”). Or, related to Lithuanian plùskos (“hair”) and Proto-West Germanic *fleus (“fleece”), from Proto-Indo-European *plews- (“to pull out, pluck”). Etymology templates: {{cog|br|blev}} Breton blev, {{cog|cy|blew}} Welsh blew, {{cog|grc|φλόος|t=rind, bark}} Ancient Greek φλόος (phlóos, “rind, bark”), {{cog|lt|plùskos|t=hair}} Lithuanian plùskos (“hair”), {{cog|gmw-pro|*fleus|t=fleece}} Proto-West Germanic *fleus (“fleece”), {{der|kw|ine-pro|*plews-|t=to pull out, pluck}} Proto-Indo-European *plews- (“to pull out, pluck”) Head templates: {{head|kw|noun|collective||singulative|blewen|||||cat2=collective nouns|f2g=f|f3g=f|f4g=f|head=}} blew (collective, singulative blewen f), {{kw-noun|col|en}} blew (collective, singulative blewen f)
  1. hair Tags: collective Synonyms: gols Derived forms: blew lagas (english: eyelashes), blewek (english: hairy, long-haired), folsa blew (english: nit-pick, quibble) [verb], liw blew lagas (english: mascara), melyn an blew (english: blonde), minvlew (english: moustache)
    Sense id: en-blew-kw-noun-TcIVm7oF Categories (other): Cornish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Hair, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 38 4 3 3 1 2 0 7 1 1 1 2 7 2 1 21 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 3 2 2 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 1 9 1 0 28 12

Adjective [English]

IPA: /bl(j)uː/, /blɪu̯/ [Wales] Audio: en-us-blew.ogg Forms: more blew [comparative], most blew [superlative]
enPR: bl(y)o͞o Rhymes: -uː Head templates: {{en-adj}} blew (comparative more blew, superlative most blew)
  1. Obsolete form of blue. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: blue
    Sense id: en-blew-en-adj-9sHkSP6f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 39 13 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

IPA: /bl(j)uː/, /blɪu̯/ [Wales] Audio: en-us-blew.ogg Forms: blews [plural]
enPR: bl(y)o͞o Rhymes: -uː Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} blew (countable and uncountable, plural blews)
  1. Obsolete form of blue. Tags: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Alternative form of: blue
    Sense id: en-blew-en-noun-9sHkSP6f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 39 13 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /bl(j)uː/, /blɪu̯/ [Wales] Audio: en-us-blew.ogg
enPR: bl(y)o͞o Rhymes: -uː Etymology: From Middle English blew, from Old English blēow, from Proto-West Germanic *blē. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|blew}} Middle English blew, {{inh|en|ang|blēow}} Old English blēow, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*blē}} Proto-West Germanic *blē Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} blew
  1. simple past of blow Tags: form-of, past Form of: blow
    Sense id: en-blew-en-verb-VtrlUMoi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 39 13 10
  2. (now colloquial) past participle of blow Tags: colloquial, form-of, participle, past Form of: blow
    Sense id: en-blew-en-verb-RgAVKKo9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective [Middle English]

IPA: /bliu̯/ Forms: bleu [alternative], blewe [alternative], blue [alternative], blw [alternative], blwe [alternative], blyu [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Anglo-Norman bleu, blew; from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz. See also blo. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|xno|bleu}} Borrowed from Anglo-Norman bleu, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*blēwaz}} Proto-Germanic *blēwaz Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} blew, {{enm-adj}} blew
  1. blue, azure
    Sense id: en-blew-enm-adj-CbgHH4Dh
  2. blue-violet
    Sense id: en-blew-enm-adj-dVyy2d4s
  3. blue-grey; the colour of bruises
    Sense id: en-blew-enm-adj-HEC4ZDoF Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 17 2 49 6 4 4 20
  4. blue-black
    Sense id: en-blew-enm-adj-~Xc3XQaj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blewman

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /bliu̯/ Forms: bleu [alternative], blewe [alternative], blue [alternative], blw [alternative], blwe [alternative], blyu [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Anglo-Norman bleu, blew; from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz. See also blo. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|xno|bleu}} Borrowed from Anglo-Norman bleu, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*blēwaz}} Proto-Germanic *blēwaz Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} blew
  1. blue
    Sense id: en-blew-enm-noun-Fkd2iMDg
  2. blue textiles
    Sense id: en-blew-enm-noun-pcM-~FW6
  3. (rare) blue pigment Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-blew-enm-noun-ZPX~-P6k

Noun [Welsh]

IPA: /ˈbleːu̯/ [North-Wales], /ˈblɛu̯/ [South-Wales] Audio: Cy-blew.ogg Forms: blewyn [masculine, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], blew [error-unrecognized-form], flew [soft], mlew [error-unrecognized-form]
Rhymes: -ɛu̯ Etymology: From Middle Welsh blew; cognate with Breton blev and Cornish blew. Of uncertain ultimate origin and lacking Celtic cognates outside of Brythonic. Perhaps related to Ancient Greek φλόος (phlóos, “rind, bark”). Or, related to Lithuanian plùskos (“hair”) and Proto-West Germanic *fleus (“fleece”), from Proto-Indo-European *plews- (“to pull out, pluck”). Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|wlm|blew}} Middle Welsh blew, {{cog|br|blev}} Breton blev, {{cog|kw|blew}} Cornish blew, {{cog|grc|φλόος|t=rind, bark}} Ancient Greek φλόος (phlóos, “rind, bark”), {{cog|lt|plùskos|t=hair}} Lithuanian plùskos (“hair”), {{cog|gmw-pro|*fleus|t=fleece}} Proto-West Germanic *fleus (“fleece”), {{der|cy|ine-pro|*plews-|t=to pull out, pluck}} Proto-Indo-European *plews- (“to pull out, pluck”) Head templates: {{cy-noun|m-p|blewyn}} blew (plural, singular blewyn m) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. hair, hairs Tags: plural Synonyms: gwallt
    Sense id: en-blew-cy-noun-K-tPNce7 Categories (other): Hair Disambiguation of Hair: 58 0 0 24 18
  2. bristles Tags: plural Synonyms: gwrych
    Sense id: en-blew-cy-noun-zUYsC1if
  3. fur Tags: plural Synonyms: ffwr, manflew
    Sense id: en-blew-cy-noun-vhEwt3ud
  4. blades of grass Tags: plural Synonyms: blew cae, blew glas
    Sense id: en-blew-cy-noun-OCxNbYxu Categories (other): Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 3 2 2 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 1 9 1 0 28 12 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 17 4 1 52 26
  5. fishbones Tags: plural
    Sense id: en-blew-cy-noun-KJXIvbxX Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 3 2 2 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 1 9 1 0 28 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: achub y blewyn a cholli’r bwrn (english: to be penny-wise and pound-foolish, to falsely economise), amranflew (english: eyelash), at y blewyn (english: to a hair's breadth, precisely), blew amrant (english: eyelashes), blew cae, blew glas (english: blades of grass), blew llygaid (english: eyelashes), blew Medi (english: gossamer), blew pen (english: head hair), blew pigog (english: stingers of a nettle), blewiach (english: fine hairs, down), blewog (english: furry), blew'r arffed (english: pubic hair), blew'r gên (english: beard), blewyn da ar (english: in good condition), blewynnog (english: hairy), brethyn blew (english: haircloth), bwrw blew (english: to moult, to shed hair), di-flewyn-ar-dafod (english: straight-talking), dim blewyn ar ei dafod (english: straight-talking), edau flew (english: mohair), ffolicl blewyn (english: hair follicle), goflew (english: fine hair, down), gweld blew ei lygaid (english: to mistakenly believe one sees things), heb blewyn ar ei dafod (english: straight-talking, outspoken), hel blew ceimion (english: to wander around), hollti blew (english: to split hairs), hollti'r blewyn yn bedwar ar ddeg (english: to exaggerate, to lie), i'r blewyn (english: to a hair's breadth, precisely), lled blewyn (english: hair's breadth), manflew (english: fur, down), sbort pen blewyn (english: rushlight), trwch blewyn (english: hair's breadth), tynnu blewyn cwta (english: to draw lots), tynnu blewyn o drwyn (english: to provoke, to goad)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "folsa blew"
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          "word": "liw blew lagas"
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          "word": "melyn an blew"
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      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "blew"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "blue"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "blue"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "bleu"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Anglo-Norman bleu",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*blēwaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *blēwaz",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Anglo-Norman bleu, blew; from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz. See also blo.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bleu",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blewe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blue",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blw",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blwe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blyu",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{1}}}",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{3}}}",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "blew",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "blew",
      "name": "enm-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "blue, azure"
      ],
      "id": "en-blew-enm-adj-CbgHH4Dh",
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        [
          "blue",
          "blue"
        ],
        [
          "azure",
          "azure"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "blue-violet"
      ],
      "id": "en-blew-enm-adj-dVyy2d4s",
      "links": [
        [
          "blue",
          "blue"
        ],
        [
          "violet",
          "violet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 2 49 6 4 4 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "blue-grey; the colour of bruises"
      ],
      "id": "en-blew-enm-adj-HEC4ZDoF",
      "links": [
        [
          "blue",
          "blue"
        ],
        [
          "grey",
          "grey"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "blue-black"
      ],
      "id": "en-blew-enm-adj-~Xc3XQaj",
      "links": [
        [
          "blue",
          "blue"
        ],
        [
          "black",
          "black"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/bliu̯/"
    }
  ],
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}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "blue"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "blew"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "blue"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "bleu"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*blēwaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *blēwaz",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Anglo-Norman bleu, blew; from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz. See also blo.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bleu",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blewe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blue",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blw",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blwe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blyu",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "blew",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "blue"
      ],
      "id": "en-blew-enm-noun-Fkd2iMDg",
      "links": [
        [
          "blue",
          "blue"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "blue textiles"
      ],
      "id": "en-blew-enm-noun-pcM-~FW6",
      "links": [
        [
          "blue",
          "blue"
        ],
        [
          "textiles",
          "textiles"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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      "glosses": [
        "blue pigment"
      ],
      "id": "en-blew-enm-noun-ZPX~-P6k",
      "links": [
        [
          "blue",
          "blue"
        ],
        [
          "pigment",
          "pigment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) blue pigment"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bliu̯/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blew"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to be penny-wise and pound-foolish, to falsely economise",
      "translation": "to be penny-wise and pound-foolish, to falsely economise",
      "word": "achub y blewyn a cholli’r bwrn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "eyelash",
      "translation": "eyelash",
      "word": "amranflew"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to a hair's breadth, precisely",
      "translation": "to a hair's breadth, precisely",
      "word": "at y blewyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "eyelashes",
      "translation": "eyelashes",
      "word": "blew amrant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "blew cae"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "blades of grass",
      "translation": "blades of grass",
      "word": "blew glas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "eyelashes",
      "translation": "eyelashes",
      "word": "blew llygaid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "gossamer",
      "translation": "gossamer",
      "word": "blew Medi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "head hair",
      "translation": "head hair",
      "word": "blew pen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "stingers of a nettle",
      "translation": "stingers of a nettle",
      "word": "blew pigog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "fine hairs, down",
      "translation": "fine hairs, down",
      "word": "blewiach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "furry",
      "translation": "furry",
      "word": "blewog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "pubic hair",
      "translation": "pubic hair",
      "word": "blew'r arffed"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "beard",
      "translation": "beard",
      "word": "blew'r gên"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "in good condition",
      "translation": "in good condition",
      "word": "blewyn da ar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "hairy",
      "translation": "hairy",
      "word": "blewynnog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "haircloth",
      "translation": "haircloth",
      "word": "brethyn blew"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to moult, to shed hair",
      "translation": "to moult, to shed hair",
      "word": "bwrw blew"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "straight-talking",
      "translation": "straight-talking",
      "word": "di-flewyn-ar-dafod"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "straight-talking",
      "translation": "straight-talking",
      "word": "dim blewyn ar ei dafod"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "mohair",
      "translation": "mohair",
      "word": "edau flew"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "hair follicle",
      "translation": "hair follicle",
      "word": "ffolicl blewyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "fine hair, down",
      "translation": "fine hair, down",
      "word": "goflew"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to mistakenly believe one sees things",
      "translation": "to mistakenly believe one sees things",
      "word": "gweld blew ei lygaid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "straight-talking, outspoken",
      "translation": "straight-talking, outspoken",
      "word": "heb blewyn ar ei dafod"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to wander around",
      "translation": "to wander around",
      "word": "hel blew ceimion"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to split hairs",
      "translation": "to split hairs",
      "word": "hollti blew"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to exaggerate, to lie",
      "translation": "to exaggerate, to lie",
      "word": "hollti'r blewyn yn bedwar ar ddeg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to a hair's breadth, precisely",
      "translation": "to a hair's breadth, precisely",
      "word": "i'r blewyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "hair's breadth",
      "translation": "hair's breadth",
      "word": "lled blewyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "fur, down",
      "translation": "fur, down",
      "word": "manflew"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "rushlight",
      "translation": "rushlight",
      "word": "sbort pen blewyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "hair's breadth",
      "translation": "hair's breadth",
      "word": "trwch blewyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to draw lots",
      "translation": "to draw lots",
      "word": "tynnu blewyn cwta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to provoke, to goad",
      "translation": "to provoke, to goad",
      "word": "tynnu blewyn o drwyn"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "blew"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh blew",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "blev"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton blev",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "blew"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish blew",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "φλόος",
        "t": "rind, bark"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek φλόος (phlóos, “rind, bark”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "plùskos",
        "t": "hair"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian plùskos (“hair”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*fleus",
        "t": "fleece"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fleus (“fleece”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*plews-",
        "t": "to pull out, pluck"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *plews- (“to pull out, pluck”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh blew; cognate with Breton blev and Cornish blew. Of uncertain ultimate origin and lacking Celtic cognates outside of Brythonic. Perhaps related to Ancient Greek φλόος (phlóos, “rind, bark”). Or, related to Lithuanian plùskos (“hair”) and Proto-West Germanic *fleus (“fleece”), from Proto-Indo-European *plews- (“to pull out, pluck”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blewyn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blew",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flew",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mlew",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m-p",
        "2": "blewyn"
      },
      "expansion": "blew (plural, singular blewyn m)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "58 0 0 24 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Hair",
          "orig": "cy:Hair",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hair, hairs"
      ],
      "id": "en-blew-cy-noun-K-tPNce7",
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        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ],
        [
          "hairs",
          "hairs"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gwallt"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bristles"
      ],
      "id": "en-blew-cy-noun-zUYsC1if",
      "links": [
        [
          "bristle",
          "bristle"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gwrych"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fur"
      ],
      "id": "en-blew-cy-noun-vhEwt3ud",
      "links": [
        [
          "fur",
          "fur"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ffwr"
        },
        {
          "word": "manflew"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 3 2 2 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 1 9 1 0 28 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 4 1 52 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blades of grass"
      ],
      "id": "en-blew-cy-noun-OCxNbYxu",
      "links": [
        [
          "blade",
          "blade"
        ],
        [
          "grass",
          "grass"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "blew cae"
        },
        {
          "word": "blew glas"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 3 2 2 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 1 9 1 0 28 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fishbones"
      ],
      "id": "en-blew-cy-noun-KJXIvbxX",
      "links": [
        [
          "fishbone",
          "fishbone"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbleːu̯/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɛu̯/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "Cy-blew.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3d/Cy-blew.ogg/Cy-blew.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Cy-blew.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛu̯"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blew"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "cy:Hair"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "eyelashes",
      "translation": "eyelashes",
      "word": "blew lagas"
    },
    {
      "english": "hairy, long-haired",
      "translation": "hairy, long-haired",
      "word": "blewek"
    },
    {
      "english": "nit-pick, quibble",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "translation": "nit-pick, quibble",
      "word": "folsa blew"
    },
    {
      "english": "mascara",
      "translation": "mascara",
      "word": "liw blew lagas"
    },
    {
      "english": "blonde",
      "translation": "blonde",
      "word": "melyn an blew"
    },
    {
      "english": "moustache",
      "translation": "moustache",
      "word": "minvlew"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "blev"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton blev",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "blew"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh blew",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "φλόος",
        "t": "rind, bark"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek φλόος (phlóos, “rind, bark”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "plùskos",
        "t": "hair"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian plùskos (“hair”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*fleus",
        "t": "fleece"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fleus (“fleece”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*plews-",
        "t": "to pull out, pluck"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *plews- (“to pull out, pluck”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Breton blev and Welsh blew. Of uncertain ultimate origin and lacking Celtic cognates outside of Brythonic. Perhaps related to Ancient Greek φλόος (phlóos, “rind, bark”). Or, related to Lithuanian plùskos (“hair”) and Proto-West Germanic *fleus (“fleece”), from Proto-Indo-European *plews- (“to pull out, pluck”).",
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    {
      "form": "blewen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singulative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blew",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vlew",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "φλόος",
        "t": "rind, bark"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek φλόος (phlóos, “rind, bark”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "plùskos",
        "t": "hair"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian plùskos (“hair”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*fleus",
        "t": "fleece"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fleus (“fleece”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*plews-",
        "t": "to pull out, pluck"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *plews- (“to pull out, pluck”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh blew; cognate with Breton blev and Cornish blew. Of uncertain ultimate origin and lacking Celtic cognates outside of Brythonic. Perhaps related to Ancient Greek φλόος (phlóos, “rind, bark”). Or, related to Lithuanian plùskos (“hair”) and Proto-West Germanic *fleus (“fleece”), from Proto-Indo-European *plews- (“to pull out, pluck”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blewyn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blew",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flew",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mlew",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m-p",
        "2": "blewyn"
      },
      "expansion": "blew (plural, singular blewyn m)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hair, hairs"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ],
        [
          "hairs",
          "hairs"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gwallt"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bristles"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bristle",
          "bristle"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gwrych"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fur"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fur",
          "fur"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ffwr"
        },
        {
          "word": "manflew"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "blades of grass"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blade",
          "blade"
        ],
        [
          "grass",
          "grass"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "blew cae"
        },
        {
          "word": "blew glas"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fishbones"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fishbone",
          "fishbone"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbleːu̯/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɛu̯/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "Cy-blew.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3d/Cy-blew.ogg/Cy-blew.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Cy-blew.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛu̯"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blew"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: blew/Cornish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "blew"
  ],
  "section": "Cornish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "blew",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: blew/Cornish 'aspirate' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
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  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "blew",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: blew/Cornish 'hard' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
  "path": [
    "blew"
  ],
  "section": "Cornish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "blew",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: blew/Welsh 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "blew"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "blew",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: blew/Welsh 'nasal' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
  "path": [
    "blew"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "blew",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: blew/Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
  "path": [
    "blew"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "blew",
  "trace": ""
}

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