bh(e)lāg-

    bh(e)lāg-

    English meaning: weak, ridiculous

    Deutsche Übersetzung: etwa ‘schlaff, albern”?

    Material: *bhlüg- or *bhlōg- in wRuss. bɫáhyj “ evil, bad, nasty “ (hence borrowed Ltv. blügs, Lith. blõgas “ feeble, weak “), bɫažić “ romp “, Gk., Russ. blagój “ obstinate, nasty “, dial. blažnó j ‘stupid”, Pol. bɫagi “ bad, nothing worth “; barely to Gk. φελγύνει ἀσυνετεί, ληρεῖ Hes., because in heavy Slav. word, which points Gk. light basis; see under (s)p(h)elg-. Here (apparently with expressive Gemination), however, Lat. flaccus “ flabby; of men, flap-eared “.

    References: WP. II 183 f., 680, WH. I 507 f.