בלויז

Yiddish edit

Alternative forms edit

בלייז (bleyz)

Etymology edit

Most likely from Middle High German blōȥ, from Old High German blōz (“bare, naked”), from Proto-Germanic *blautaz (“void, emaciated, soft”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlaw- (“weak, frightened”). If so, cognate with German bloß (“mere, sole”), Dutch bloot (“bare, naked”), Danish blød (“soft, weak”), Swedish blott (“merely, just”), French blouse.

Senses 3 and 4 are related to German blöd. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “d to z?”)

Adjective edit

בלויז • (bloyz)

Declension edit

Declension of בלויז


predicative					בלויז bloyz
case	masculine	neuter			feminine	plural
case	masculine	indefinite	definite	post./nom.	feminine	plural
nominative	בלויזער bloyzer	בלויז bloyz	בלויזע bloyze	בלויזס bloyzs	בלויזע bloyze	בלויזע bloyze
accusative	בלויזן bloyzn		בלויזע bloyze	בלויזס bloyzs	בלויזע bloyze
dative	בלויזן bloyzn		בלויזן bloyzn		בלויזער bloyzer

Derived terms edit

אויסבלייזן (oysbleyzn, “to strip, to undress”)
אַנטבלויזן (antbloyzn, “to bare, to uncover”)
מיטן בלויזן אויג (mitn bloyzn oyg, “with the naked eye”)

Noun edit

בלויז • (bloyz) m, plural בלויזן (bloyzn)

space, open/free/bare place, emptiness
gap, shortage

Adverb edit

בלויז • (bloyz)

only, just
Synonym: נאָר (nor)

Usage notes edit

The alternative form בלייז (bleyz) does not apply with the adverb.

Derived terms edit

נאָר און בלויז (nor un bloyz, “only, exclusively”)

References edit

Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “blojz”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 163
Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “blojzer”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 163
Justus van de Kamp et al., “בלױז” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].