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blay^¹

Rhymes with -eɪ

Where it comes from

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”).

noun blays

The bleak (fish).

Blay^²

proper noun Blays

countable, uncountable A surname.
countable, uncountable A commune in Calvados department, Normandy, France.

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"blay." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/blay. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{blay_2026,
  title = {blay},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blay},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}