blēḑ

See also: bled, Bled, and blêd

Livonian

Etymology

Apparently a borrowing from Latvian blēdis. Karulis lists blēdis as an inherited word cognate with Lithuanian blėdis (“loss, misfortune”), Russian блядь (bljadʹ, “prostitute, wretch”) (Old Church Slavonic блѧдь (blędĭ, “deceit, liar, promiscuous woman”)). By a competing theory the word is a borrowing from Old East Slavic блядь (bljadĭ).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbleːˀɟ/, [ˈbleːˀɟ̥]

Noun

blē’ḑ

  1. a cheat, swindler, conman

Adjective

blē’ḑ

  1. cunning, wily
    • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “blēḑ”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[2] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
      blēd̦ rištīng
      a cunning person

Declension

Declension of blē’ḑ (134)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) blē’ḑ blē’ḑõd
genitive (genitīv) blē’ḑ blē’ḑõd
partitive (partitīv) blē’ḑõ blē’ḑidi
dative (datīv) blē’ḑõn blē’ḑõdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) blē’ḑõks blē’ḑõdõks
illative (illatīv) blē’ḑõ blē’ḑiž
inessive (inesīv) blē’ḑšõ blē’ḑis
elative (elatīv) blē’ḑštõ blē’ḑist

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “blēdis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), volume I, Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN, page 134
  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “blē’ḑ”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[3] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
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