blao

Galician

Etymology

From Old High German blāo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblao/ [ˈblɑ.ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ao
• Hyphenation: bla‧o

Adjective

blao m or f (plural blaos)

1. (heraldry) azure

Noun

blao m (plural blaos)

1. (heraldry, obsolete) azure

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “blao”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz, whence also Old English blāw, Old Norse blár.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblaː.o/

Adjective

blāo

1. blue

Descendants

• Middle High German: blā
  • Alemannic German: blaaw
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: plabe

    Gottscheerish: blūb

  • Central Franconian: bloo, blau
    • Hunsrik: blau
    • Luxembourgish: blo
  • German: blau
  • Rhine Franconian:
    • Pennsylvania German: bloh
  • Vilamovian: błöw
  • Yiddish: בלאָ (blo), בלוי (bloy)
• → Spanish: blao

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• blāu

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz, whence also Old English blāw, Old Norse blár.

Adjective

blāo (comparative blāworo, superlative blāwost)

1. blue

Declension

Strong declension
gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	blāo	blāwe	blāo	blāwu	blāo	blāwe
accusative	blāwana	blāwe	blāo	blāwu	blāwa	blāwe
genitive	blāwes	blāwarō	blāwes	blāwarō	blāwaro	blāwarō
dative	blāwumu	blāwum	blāwumu	blāwum	blāwaro	blāwum
Weak declension
gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	blāwo	blāwu	blāwa	blāwu	blāwa	blāwu
accusative	blāwun	blāwun	blāwa	blāwun	blāwun	blāwun
genitive	blāwun	blāwonō	blāwun	blāwonō	blāwun	blāwonō
dative	blāwun	blāwum	blāwun	blāwum	blāwun	blāwum

Declension of blāo

gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	blāworo	blāworu	blāwora	blāworu	blāwora	blāworu
accusative	blāworun	blāworun	blāwora	blāworun	blāworun	blāworun
genitive	blāworun	blāworonō	blāworun	blāworonō	blāworun	blāworonō
dative	blāworun	blāworum	blāworun	blāworum	blāworun	blāworum

Comparative forms of blāo (weak only)

Strong declension
gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	blāwost	blāwoste	blāwost	blāwoste	blāwost	blāwostu
accusative	blāwostana	blāwoste	blāwost	blāwoste	blāwosta	blāwostu
genitive	blāwostes	blāwostarō	blāwostes	blāwostarō	blāwostaro	blāwostarō
dative	blāwostumu	blāwostum	blāwostumu	blāwostum	blāwostaro	blāwostum
Weak declension
gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	blāwosto	blāwostu	blāwosta	blāwostu	blāwosta	blāwostu
accusative	blāwostun	blāwostun	blāwosta	blāwostun	blāwostun	blāwostun
genitive	blāwostun	blāwostonō	blāwostun	blāwostonō	blāwostun	blāwostonō
dative	blāwostun	blāwostum	blāwostun	blāwostum	blāwostun	blāwostum

Superlative forms of blāo

Descendants

• Middle Low German: blâ, blâw, blauwe
  • Low German: blau, blaag, bloe (dialectal)
    • Dutch Low Saxon: blauw
    • German Low German: blaag, blag, blau, blaug, blo', blao
      • Plautdietsch: bleiw

Spanish

Etymology

From Old High German blāo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblao/ [ˈbla.o]
• Rhymes: -ao
• Syllabification: bla‧o

Adjective

blao m or f (masculine and feminine plural blaos)

1. (heraldry) azure

   Synonym: celeste

2. (obsolete) blue

   Synonym: azul

Noun

blao m (plural blaos)

1. (heraldry, obsolete) azure

   Synonym: azur

2. (obsolete) azure (color)

   Synonyms: azur, celeste

   • 1981, Historia general de España:

     Los ricoshombres e hidalgos se procuraban sus vestidos y telas del extranjero, sobre todo de Flandes, de donde llegaban la escarlata, el ezmelín y los blaos.

     The noblemen and hidalgos procured their clothes and fabrics from abroad, especially from Flanders, from whence came the scarlet, the ezmelín, and the azures.

Further reading

• “blao”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28