bhlīĝ - (: *bhlēig-)

    bhlīĝ - (: *bhlēig-)

    English meaning: to hit

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schlagen, schmeißen”

    Note: also bhlīĝ u̯ - (Gk. Celt.), to indicate from u̯o- present *bhlīĝ -u̯ō.

    Material: Äol. Ion. φλί̄βω “push, press, squeeze” (about θλί̄βω see under dhlas- “contuse, squeeze “); Welsh blif m. “catapult, pallista”, blifaidd “quick, fast”; Lat. flīgō, -ere “hit, beat or dash down” (*bhlīĝ ō, or at most with through flīxi, flīctum assesses u̯- loss from *fligu̯ō); maybe Alb. (*bhlēīĝ -) mbledh “ squeeze (the hand into a fist)” [common Alb. -ĝ > -dh shift] Ltv. blaîzît ‘squeeze, clash, hit”, bliêzt “hit”; O.C.S. blizь, blizъ adv. “ nigh, near “ (lit. “ adjacent “).

    References: WP II 217, WH. I 517, EM. 369.

    See also: about Russ. blizná see under bhlē̆ i-1.