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bligh

/blˈaɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.72 in modern English

Syllables
bligh
IPA
/blˈaɪ/
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Etymology

* As an Irish and Manx surname, from Ó Blighe (“descendant of Blighe”), probably Gaelicized from Old Norse Blígr, from blígja (“to gaze, stare”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyg-, from *bʰel- (“to shine”). * As a Cornish surname, from bleydh (“wolf”). Compare Blethen. * As an English surname of Norman origin, variant of Blythe.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, Blígr, *bʰleyg-

Inflected Forms

Blighs (plural) Blee (alternative)

Phrases

Bligh Park

Homonyms

blye

Rhymes With

by my why high try guy buy july drive-by die eye hi

Questions

How do you pronounce bligh?
The recorded pronunciation is /blˈaɪ/.
What does bligh mean?
A surname from Irish.
Where does bligh come from?
It is traced to Irish.

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