юрод

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ǫrodъ, synchronically equivalent to юн- (jun-) + род (rod, birth, origin). Poetic meaning is inherited from Old Church Slavonic ѫродъ (ǫrodŭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈju̟rot]

Noun

ю́род (júrod) m (diminutive ю́родче)

  1. (literally) cripple (one with inborn physical impediment)
  2. (poetic, figurative) freak, madman, monster, abomination
    Synonyms: и́зрод (ízrod), изча́дие (izčádie), и́зверг (ízverg)
  3. (dated) renegade, kin apostate
    Synonyms: безро́дник (bezródnik), родоотстъ́пник (rodootstǎ́pnik)
    • 1792, Paisij Hilendarsky, Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya:
      О, неразумний юроде, поради что се срамиш да се наречеш българин?
      O, nerazumnij jurode, poradi čto se sramiš da se narečeš bǎlgarin?
      Oh, [thou] injudicious renegade, for what [thou] art ashamed to call thyself a Bulgarian?

Declension

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • юро́дство (juródstvo, inhumanity, madness, cruel bahavior) (poetic)
  • ю́роден (júroden, inhumane, cruel, maniacal) (poetic)
  • ю́родски (júrodski, partaining to a mad, inhumane man or behavior)
  • юроди́в (jurodív), юродли́в (jurodlív, degenerate, abominable)

References

  • юрод in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
  • ѫродъ in Исторически речник на българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
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