blaar

Back-formation from the plural blare, itself from Dutch blaren, bladeren (“leaves”), from the singular blad (“leaf; sheet”). Doublet of blad.

• IPA^(key): /blɑːr/

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blaar (plural blare, diminutive blaartjie)

1. leaf (of a plant)

• IPA^(key): /blaːr/

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• Hyphenation: blaar
• Rhymes: -aːr

From Middle Dutch blader (“vesicle”), from Old Dutch *blādara, from Proto-West Germanic *blādrā (“blister, bubble”).

Created by syncope of the -d- from Middle Dutch blader; the -d- is geminated before the -r-, similar to botter from boter and wakker from waken.

blaar f or m (plural blaren, diminutive blaartje n)

1. blister

• bloedblaar
• brandblaar

• → Papiamentu: bral, blar

• Schönfeld 1970, par. 52

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

blaar

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