Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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blinded

/ˈblaɪn.dɪd/ adjective

Also a form of blind

  1. adjective Deprived of sight in a way that is or may be permanent, by damage to the eyes or brain. “blinded by perinatal vertical transmission of gonorrhea”
  2. adjective Deprived of sight temporarily, by being either dazzled or blindfolded. “blinded by the light”
  3. adjective Lacking intellectual discernment, as for example because of greed or stupidity.
  4. adjective (sciences) Willingly prevented from knowing certain information that, were it known, might bias an outcome or decision (either consciously or unconsciously).
  5. adjective Covered by blinds. “blinded windows”
  6. adjective (of a bus) Displaying a particular destination or route number on the blinds. “The bus was blinded for route 100 to the city centre.”

Synonyms

blind sightless dazzled blindfolded masked

Antonyms

nonblinded open-label

Sources: Wiktionary — from the Wiktionary entry “blinded”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “blinded” (best matches first).

All 10 Sanskrit matches →