βληχή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. βλᾱχά, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[bleating]], οἰῶν <span class="bibl">Od.12.266</span>; of lambs, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>48</span> (lyr., pl.); [[wailing]] of infants, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>348</span> (lyr., pl.). (Onomatop.)</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[bleating]] (μ 266, A.).<br />Dialectal forms: Dor. [[βλαχά]]<br />Derivatives: [[βληχάομαι]] [[bleat]] (Ar.), perhaps not denomin., but an independent intensive like [[βρυχάομαι]], [[μυκάομαι]] etc. (s. Schwyzer 683). - [[βληχηθμός]] (Ael.; cf. [[μυκηθμός]] a. o.), [[βλήχημα]] H., [[βληχάς]] (Opp., cf. [[μηκάς]], Schwyzer 508). [[βληχητά]] pl. [[bleating animals]] (Eup., cf. [[ἑρπετά]] u. a.). [[βληχώδης]] [[bleating]] (Babr.). [[βληχάζω]] (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. [[βλαχά]] must be hyperdoric; note [[βληχάομαι]] in Theoc.