юрод

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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ю́род (júrodm (diminutive ю́родче)

  1. (literal) cripple (one with inborn physical impediment)
  2. (derogatory) idiot, fool
    Synonyms: глупа́к (glupák), глупе́ц (glupéc)
  3. (poetic, figurative) freak, madman, monster, abomination
    Synonyms: и́зрод (ízrod), изча́дие (izčádie), и́зверг (ízverg)
  4. (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?

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