bridki

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bridъkъ (sharp). Cognate with Polish brzydki (ugly), Czech břitký (cutting, sharp), Serbo-Croatian brȉdak (cutting, sharp), and Ukrainian бридки́й (brydkýj, disgusting, ugly).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrʲitkʲi/

Adjective

bridki

  1. (dialectal) disgusting
  2. (dialectal) ugly

Declension

Synonyms

  • (disgusting): žadławy
  • (ugly): grozny

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “bridki”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “bridki”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
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