blað

From Old Norse blað, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃otom, from *bʰleh₃-.

• IPA^(key): /blɛaː/, [plɛaː] ^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛaː

blað n (genitive singular blaðs, plural bløð)

1. leaf
2. sheet, page
3. newspaper
4. deck of cards; playing card
5. (knife) blade
6. (ship's propeller) blade
7. (oar) blade

2. ark

3. dagblað, tíðindablað, avís

4. kortablað; spælikort

6. skrúvublað

• "blað" at Sprotin.fo

From Old Norse blað, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, maybe from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃oto, from *bʰleh₃-.

• IPA^(key): /plaːð/
• Rhymes: -aːð
• Rhymes: -aðs

blað n (genitive singular blaðs, nominative plural blöð)

1. sheet of paper

   Synonym: pappírsstykki

2. newspaper or magazine

   Synonyms: dagblað, tímarit

3. leaf

   Synonyms: lauf, laufblað

4. (of grass) blade
5. (of a knife, sword) blade

   Synonym: egg

6. (music) reed (thin piece in a woodwind instrument that vibrates to produce sound)

• saurblað
• paxblað
• morgunblað
• dagblað
• saxófónblað

From Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃oto, from *bʰleh₃-. Compare Old English blæd (English blade), Old Frisian bled (West Frisian bled), Old Saxon blad, Old High German blat (German Blatt).

blað n

1. a leaf of a plant

   Synonym: (especially of trees) lauf n

2. herb

   Synonym: urt ?

• Icelandic: blað
• Faroese: blað
• Norwegian: blad
• Old Swedish: blaþ, ᛒᛚᛆᚦ (Runic)
  • Swedish: blad
• Danish: blad