blědy
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *blědъ (“pale”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian blědy, Polish blady, Czech bledý, Old Church Slavonic блѣдъ (blědŭ), and Russian бле́дный (blédnyj).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblɪ.dɨ/
- Rhymes: -ɪdɨ
- Syllabification: blě‧dy
Adjective
blědy (comparative blědšy, superlative nejblědšy)
- pale (light in color)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | virile | nonvirile | virile | nonvirile | ||||
| animate | inanimate | |||||||||
| nominative vocative |
blědy | blěde | blěda | blědej | blěde | |||||
| genitive | blědego blědeg¹ |
blědeje blědej¹ |
blědeju | blědych | ||||||
| dative | blědemu blědem¹ |
blědej | blědyma | blědym | ||||||
| accusative | blědego blědeg¹ |
blědy | blěde | blědu | blědeju | blědej | blěde, blědych | blěde | ||
| instrumental | blědym | blědeju blědej¹ |
blědyma | blědymi | ||||||
| locative | blědem blědym² |
blědej | blědyma | blědych | ||||||
¹ poetic, colloquial
² obsolete, dialectal
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “blědy”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “blědy”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag