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Definitions and meaning of blat

blat

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blæt/
• Rhymes: -æt

Etymology 1

Imitative. First attested in 1846 in the intransitive sense of "bleat". Compare English bleat, Old English blǣtan (“to bleat”).

Verb

blat (third-person singular simple present blats, present participle blatting, simple past and past participle blatted)

1. (intransitive) To cry, as a calf or sheep; bleat.
2. (intransitive) To make a senseless noise.
3. To talk inconsiderately; blab.
4. To produce an overrich or overblown sound on a brass instrument such as a trumpet, trombone, or tuba.
5. (transitive) To utter loudly or foolishly; blurt.

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian блат (blat), from Polish blat (“cover, umbrella”) or Yiddish בלאַט (blat, “leaf, list”). Doublet of blade.

Noun

blat (uncountable)

1. The Soviet system of connections and social relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society).

   Synonym: (from Chinese) guanxi

   • 2017, Joseph S. Berliner, "Blat", in David Twichell, The shallow stratigraphy and sand resources offshore of the Mississippi bar, age 326:

     The distinction between the use of blat for personal enrichment and for smoothing the work of the enterprise was emphasized in the interview testimony. […] The supply agent, for example, often has large quantities of money at his disposal for arranging his blat, much of which he might use for himself but which he devotes instead to making deals of advantage to the enterprise.

Translations

Anagrams

• Balt, Balt.

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin bladum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈblat]
• Rhymes: -at

Noun

blat m (uncountable)

1. wheat

Derived terms

Further reading

• “blat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic بَلَاط (balāṭ, “tiles, paved surface”), eventually from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blaːt/

Noun

blat m (collective, singulative blata, plural blajjet or blejjet, paucal blatiet)

1. rock (material, a mass or surface of it)

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *blat, from Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą.

Noun

blat n

1. leaf
2. page (of a book)
3. panel (in a door)
4. tongue, blade
5. any flat surface or object

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: blad
  • Afrikaans: blad (“page”), blaar (“leaf”)
• Limburgish: blaad

Further reading

• “blat”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “blat (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin bladum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblat/

Noun

blat m (plural blats)

1. wheat

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blait, from Proto-Germanic *blaitaz. Cognate with Old High German bleizza (“stain, blue, livor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɑːt/

Adjective

blāt (comparative blātra, superlative blātast, adverb blāte)

1. pale, livid, ghastly

Declension

Derived terms

• blātian

Related terms

• blātan

Descendants

• Middle English: *blat, *blate, *blot, *blote
  • >? Scots: blate, blait

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, whence also Old Saxon blad, Old English blæd, Old Norse blað. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₃oto-, from *bʰleh₃-.

Noun

blat n (plural bletir)

1. leaf

Descendants

• Middle High German: blat
  • Alemannic German: Blatt

    Swabian:

  • Central Franconian: Blatt, Blat

    Hunsrik: Blaat

    Luxembourgish: Blat

  • East Central German:

    Upper Saxon German:

    Vilamovian: błot

  • East Franconian:
  • German: Blatt
  • Rhine Franconian: Blaat, Blatt

    Pennsylvania German: Blatt

  • Yiddish: בלאַט (blat)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Blatt, from Middle High German blat, plat, from Old High German blat, from Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blat/
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: blat

Noun

blat m inan (diminutive blacik)

1. counter, countertop, tabletop, top (top surface area of a piece of furniture)

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Collocations

Further reading

• blat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• blat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Blatt, from Middle High German blat, plat, from Old High German blat, from Proto-West Germanic *blad (“leaf”), from Proto-Germanic *bladą (“leaf”); akin to Low German Blatt, Dutch blad, English blade, Danish and Swedish blad. Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon), Latin folium.

Noun

blat n (plural blaturi)

1. (cooking) sheet, layer

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian блат (blat, “cronyism”), from Polish blat (“the flat surface of a table”) or Yiddish בלאַט (blat), from German Blatt, from Middle High German blat, plat, from Old High German blat, from Proto-West Germanic *blad (“leaf”), from Proto-Germanic *bladą (“leaf”).

Noun

blat n (plural blaturi)

1. (slang) illegal activity, particularly travelling on a train without a ticket.
2. (soccer) match fixing

Declension

Derived terms

• blatist
• blătui

Source: wiktionary.org