βληχή: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[bleating]] (μ 266, A.).<br />Dialectal forms: Dor. <b class="b3">βλαχά</b><br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">βληχάομαι</b> [[bleat]] (Ar.), perh. not denomin., but an independent intensive like <b class="b3">βρυχάομαι</b>, <b class="b3">μυκάομαι</b> etc. (s. Schwyzer 683). - <b class="b3">βληχηθμός</b> (Ael.; cf. <b class="b3">μυκηθμός</b> a. o.), <b class="b3">βλήχημα</b> H., <b class="b3">βληχάς</b> (Opp., cf. <b class="b3">μηκάς</b>, Schwyzer 508). <b class="b3">βληχητά</b> pl. <b class="b2">bleating animals</b> (Eup., cf. <b class="b3">ἑρπετά</b> u. a.). <b class="b3">βληχώδης</b> [[bleating]] (Babr.). <b class="b3">βληχάζω</b> (Autocr.).<br />Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]<br />Etymology: An elementary formation, with several parallels, e. g. Čech. [[blekati]], MLG [[bleken]] > NHG. [[blöken]]; without velar RussCSl. <b class="b2">blějati</b>, Latv. [[blêt]], MHG [[bloejen]]; with dental Germ., e. g. OE [[blætan]], OHG. [[blāʒen]]; all with orig. <b class="b2">*ē</b>. Trag. <b class="b3">βλαχά</b> must be hyperdoric; note <b class="b3">βληχάομαι</b> in Theoc.