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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