blike

English

Etymology

From Middle English bliken, from Old English blīcan (“to shine, glitter, dazzle, sparkle, twinkle”), from Proto-Germanic *blīkaną (“to gleam, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Compare blick.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /blaɪk/
  • Rhymes: -aɪk

Verb

blike (third-person singular simple present blikes, present participle bliking, simple past bliked or bloke, past participle bliked or blicken)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To shine; gleam.

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian blīka, from Proto-Germanic *blīkaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈblikə/

Verb

blike

  1. to appear

Inflection
Strong class 1
infinitive blike
3rd singular past bliek
past participle bleken
infinitive blike
long infinitive bliken
gerund bliken n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular blyk bliek
2nd singular blykst bliekst
3rd singular blykt bliek
plural blike blieken
imperative blyk
participles blikend bleken
Weak class 1
infinitive blike
3rd singular past blykte
past participle blykt
infinitive blike
long infinitive bliken
gerund bliken n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular blyk blykte
2nd singular blykst blyktest
3rd singular blykt blykte
plural blike blykten
imperative blyk
participles blikend blykt

Further reading
  • “blike (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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