Appendix:Lojban/bridi

Lojban

Etymology

In Lojbanized spelling.

• Chinese: binsi — 賓詞／宾词 (bīncí)
• English: predakit — predicate
• Hindi: videi — विधेय (vidhey)
• Spanish: predikad — predicado
• Russian: pridikat — предикат (predikat)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbridi/

Root

bridi (rafsi bri)

1. (grammar) predicative sentence, predicate relationship, predication; x₁ is a predicative sentence with selbri (“predicate/relation”) x₂ and sumti (“arguments”) x₃

Usage notes

• A bridi (“sentence/predication”) is basically the Lojban equivalent of a simple sentence (atomic formula). It corresponds to what in predicate calculus would be a predicate whose parameters are filled in with arguments, turning it into a proposition/predication.

Meronyms

• selbri (“predicate”)
• sumti (“argument”)

Related terms

• broda (“pronoun 1 (a)”), brode (“pronoun 2 (e)”), brodi (“pronoun 3 (i)”), brodo (“pronoun 4 (o)”), brodu (“pronoun 5 (u)”)
• fancu (“function”)
• gismu (“root word”)
• jufra (“a sentence about topic”)
• sumti (“argument”)