бляд

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [blʲa̟t]
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *blędь:

Noun

бляд • (bljad) m or f

  1. (obsolete, inherited) obscenity, indecency, vulgarity
  2. (derogatory, from Russian) degenerate, rake (amoral, depraved or corrupt person)
    1. → (insult) ethnic slur for Russians and Russophiles
      Coordinate terms: раши́ст (rašíst), моска́л (moskál), ва́тник (vátnik)
Usage notes

Usually used as an appellation within insults and threats.

Declension
Derived terms
  • бледо- (bledo-)
    • бледоми́слие (bledomíslie, “deprived, dirty thought”)
    • бледосло́вие (bledoslóvie, “blasphemy, profanity”)
  • бля́див (bljádiv), бля́дък (bljádǎk, “vulgar, vile (of talk)”)
  • бляди́на (bljadína), бля́дост (bljádost, “indecency”)

References

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *blědъ.

Adjective

бляд • (bljad) (Eastern dialects)

  1. Alternative form of блед (bled, “pallid, insipid”)
Declension

References

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “блед, бляд”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 54
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