From en.wiktionary.org:
[Appendix:Variations of "blag"]
** English
[2023]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
The origin of the [noun] is [en]. The [verb] is derived from the noun.[1]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] An armed robbery or robbery involving violence ; also, theft .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
***** Translations
[armed robbery]
[robbery involving violence]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
[trans-bottom]
[theft]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To obtain (something) through armed robbery or robbery involving violence , or theft ; to rob ; to steal .
***** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en]
***** Translations
[to obtain (something) through armed robbery or robbery involving violence]
[to obtain (something) through theft]
*** Etymology 2
[en] The origin of the [verb] is [en]; it is possibly:
- from [en] (see etymology 1 ); [2] or
- borrowed from [en] , [3] from [fr] (from [en] , ultimately from [en] ) + [fr] .
The [adjective] and [noun][4] are probably derived from the verb.
**** Verb
[en-verb] [en]
1. [en]
1. To obtain (something) for free , particularly by guile or persuasion .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
1. [en] To obtain ( confidential information ) by impersonation or other deception ; also, to deceive (someone) into disclosing confidential information.
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. To obtain (something desired ), or avoid (something undesired ), through improvisation or luck ; to fluke , to get away with .
6. * [en]
7. * [en]
8. To use guile or persuasion on (someone); also, to deceive or perpetrate a hoax on (someone).
9. * [en]
10. [en] To meet and seduce (someone) for romantic purposes , especially in a social situation ; to pick up .
11. * [en]
2. [en] To speak persuasively or with guile to obtain something.
3. * [en]
***** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
***** Translations
[to obtain (something) for free, particularly by guile or persuasion]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Serbo-Croatian:
[trans-bottom]
[to obtain (confidential information) by impersonation or other deception; to
deceive (someone) into disclosing confidential information]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Serbo-Croatian:
[trans-bottom]
[to obtain (something desired), or avoid (something undesired), through
improvisation or luck] [to deceive or perpetrate a hoax on (someone)] [to meet
and seduce (someone) for romantic purposes]
[to speak persuasively or with guile to obtain something]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Serbo-Croatian:
[trans-bottom]
**** Adjective
[en-adj]
1. [en] Not genuine ; fake .
***** Translations
[not genuine]
**** Noun
[en-noun] [en]
1. An attempt to obtain , or the means of obtaining, something by guile or persuasion ; a trick .
2. An act of deceiving ; a con , a deception , a hoax .
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
***** Translations
[attempt to obtain, or the means of obtaining, something by guile or
persuasion]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Serbo-Croatian:
[trans-bottom]
[act of deceiving]
*** Etymology 3
[en] (born 1984) in his webcomic _[xkcd]_ in 2006: see the quotation.
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] [en] . [from 2006]
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
***** Derived terms
- [en]
***** Translations
[_deliberate misspelling of_ blog]
*** References
References:
[1]. [pos= _n._ [1]]
[2]. [pos= _v._ [2]]
[3]. [pos=v]
[4]. [pos= _n._ [2]] ; [pos=n]
*** Further reading
- [2=blag (disambiguation)]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** Antillean Creole
*** Etymology
From [gcf].
*** Noun
[gcf]
1. joke
** German Low German
*** Pronunciation
- [nds-de] [nds-pron-a-o]
*** Adjective
[nds-de]
1. [nds-de]
[nds-de]
** Serbo-Croatian
*** Etymology
[sh].
*** Pronunciation
- [sh]
*** Adjective
[blȃg]
1. mild , gentle , soft , slight
2. [sh] any , damn , faintest
**** Declension
[blag]
**** Derived terms
{{col|sh |Blagoje//Благоје |Blagojević//Благојевић<t:[en]> }}
**** Related terms
- [sh]
**** Further reading
- [d11iXA%3D%3D]
** Slovene
*** Etymology
From [sl].
*** Pronunciation
- [blȃg]
*** Adjective
[blȃg]
1. mild , gentle , soft
*** Further reading
- [R:sl:Fran]