blaas

blaas

1. plural of blaa

• Labas, basal, balsa, balas, Baals, laabs, albas, baals, Baʿals, sabal, Ba'als, LABAs

From Dutch blaas, from Middle Dutch blase, blaes.

blaas (plural blase, diminutive blasie)

1. bladder
2. bubble
3. blister

From Dutch blazen (“to blow”).

blaas (present blaas, present participle plasende, past participle geblaas)

1. to blow

• IPA^(key): /blaːs/

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• Hyphenation: blaas
• Rhymes: -aːs

From Middle Dutch blase, blaes. A deverbal from blazen (“to blow”).

blaas f (plural blazen, diminutive blaasje n)

1. bladder

   De blaas dient wis tot berging der pis.

   The bladder surely serves for storing piss.

The diminutive blaasje has also several independent meanings.

• → Afrikaans: blaas
• → Aukan: baasi
• → Caribbean Hindustani: blás
• → Papiamentu: blas
• → Saramaccan: baási
• → Sranan Tongo: blâs
  • → Caribbean Javanese: blas

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

blaas

1. inflection of blazen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative