blusa

Noun

blusa f (plural bluse)

1. blouse
2. smock (of a painter)
3. overall (of a worker)

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *blusa (or perhaps Proto-Balto-Slavic *blúšaH^{[source needed]}), from Proto-Indo-European *b(ʰ)lou / *plou-, *b(ʰ)lu / *plu- “flea” (< *bʰluseh₂). Cognates include Lithuanian blusà, Old Prussian place name Bluskaym (cf. Latvian Blusciems), Proto-Slavic *blъxa (Russian блоха́ (bloxá), Belarusian блыха (blyxá), Bulgarian блъха (blǎhá), Czech blecha, Polish pchła, dialectal błycha), Old High German flōh (< *plouk-), German Floh, Sanskrit प्लुषिः (pluṣiḥ), Ancient Greek ψύλλα (psúlla) (< *blusya-), Latin pūlex (< *pusl-).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [blusa]

Noun

blusa f (4th declension)

1. flea (various small, wingless bloodsucking parasites of order Siphonaptera, famous for their ability to jump)

   blusas kodiens ― flea bite

   cilvēka blusa ― human flea

   ķert blusas ― to catch fleas

   uz netīras ādas parazitē blusas, kas izplata infekciju slimības ― dirty skin is parasitized by fleas which spread infectious diseases

References

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *blúšaH (“flea”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰluseh₂ (“flea”).

Noun

blusà f

1. flea

Alternative forms

• blusen

Noun

blusa m, f

1. definite feminine singular of bluse

Alternative forms

• blusen

Noun

blusa m, f

1. definite feminine singular of bluse

Etymology

From French blouse.

Noun

blusa f (plural blusas)

1. blouse (women's upper garment)
2. (obsolete) smock (men's large workshirt)

Etymology

From French blouse.

Noun

blusa f (plural blusas)

1. blouse