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blay

blay noun: the bleak (fish).

Noun

blay (plural blays)

  1. The bleak (fish).

Proper noun capitalized: Blay

Blay (countable and uncountable, plural Blays)

  1. A surname.
  2. A commune in Calvados department, Normandy, France.

Forms of blay

Noun
pluralblays
Proper noun
pluralBlays

Origin of blay

From Middle English *blaye, *bleye, from Old English blǣġe (“blay, bleak, gudgeon”), from Proto-West Germanic *blaigijā, from Proto-Germanic *blaigijǭ (“blay, bleak, gudgeon”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyk- (“to shine”). Cognate with West Frisian blei, Dutch blei, German Bleie, Bleihe (“blay”).

Words that rhyme with blay

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Questions about blay

What does blay mean?
Blay means the bleak (fish).
What part of speech is blay?
Blay can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of blay?
The plural of blay is blays.

Words near blay in the dictionary

  1. blaxploitationer
  2. blaxploitationers
  3. blaxploitative
  4. blaxploiter
  5. blaxploiters
  6. blay
  7. Blaydon
  8. Blaydons
  9. Blaylock
  10. Blaylocks
  11. Blayne

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