bled

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See also: Bled, blêd, and blēḑ

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈblɛd/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛd

Etymology 1[edit]

See bleed.

Verb[edit]

bled

  1. simple past and past participle of bleed

Etymology 2[edit]

From French bled, from Algerian Arabic, from Arabic بِلَاد(bilād).

Noun[edit]

bled (plural bleds)

  1. (in parts of French North Africa) Hinterland, field.

Bavarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German blode, from Old High German blōdi, from Proto-Germanic *blauþijaz, *blauþaz (weak, soft, timid). Cognate with German blöd.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bled

  1. stupid, silly, dopey, dim-witted
    Synonym: deppert

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bled

  1. short masculine singular of bledý

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Related to blad.

Noun[edit]

bled n (plural bledden)

  1. A metal strip with holes.
  2. A flat board such as a tabletop.

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from French bled.

Noun[edit]

bled m (uncountable)

  1. (Belgium) middle of nowhere

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Algerian Arabic, from Arabic بِلَاد(bilād).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bled m (plural bleds)

  1. (informal, somewhat derogatory) village, Podunk, backwater
    • 1974, Bertrand Blier, Les Valseuses, spoken by Pierrot (Patrick Dewaere):
      D’abord j’en ai marre de ce bled! Bled de merde! France de merde!
      First of all, I'm sick of this village! Shithole village! Shithole France!
    • 2017, “Homicide”, in Elh Kmer (lyrics), Indépendant:
      Je ferais pas d’efforts d’intégration si ce bled ne m’aime pas
      I won’t make any effort in order to be part of the community if this village doesn’t like me.
  2. (informal, at times derogatory) the old country, typically in North Africa.

Further reading[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

bled

  1. Alternative form of blede

Old English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *blēduz, *blōdiz (blossom, sprout), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-. Related to blōwan (to bloom, blossom).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

blēd f

  1. a shoot, branch
  2. foliage, leaves; a leaf
  3. a flower, blossom; a bloom
  4. fruit; a fruit
  5. a harvest, crop; yield, produce

Declension[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle English: blede, bled

Old Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *blad.

Noun[edit]

bled n

  1. leaf

Inflection[edit]

Declension of bled (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative bled bled
genitive bledes bleda
dative blede bledum, bledem
accusative bled bled

Descendants[edit]

Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *bledyos.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bled f

  1. sea-monster
  2. whale

Inflection[edit]

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative bledL bleidL bledaH
Vocative bledL bleidL bledaH
Accusative bleidN bleidL bledaH
Genitive bleideH bledL bledN
Dative bleidL bledaib bledaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
bled bled
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mbled
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *blědъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

blȇd (definite blȇdī, comparative blȅđī, Cyrillic spelling бле̑д)

  1. pale, pallid

Declension[edit]

Volapük[edit]

Noun[edit]

bled (nominative plural bleds)

  1. sheet (of paper)

Declension[edit]