bled

See also: Bled, blêd, and blēḑ

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɛd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛd

Etymology 1

See bleed.

Verb

bled

1. simple past and past participle of bleed

Derived terms

• nonbled
• unbled

Etymology 2

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

Noun

bled (plural bleds)

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

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German blode, from Old High German blōdi, from Proto-Germanic *blauþijaz, *blauþaz (“weak, soft, timid”). Cognates include German blöd, Dutch blood, English blate, bloat, Old Norse blauðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥leːd̥/, /ˈb̥le̞ːd̥/

Adjective

bled (comparative bleder, superlative åm bledstn)

1. stupid, silly, dopey, dim-witted
2. awkward, unflattering, unfavourable

Synonyms

• deppert

Derived terms

• blederweis
• Bledheit
• bledln
• Bledsinn
• bledsinnig
• saubled
• urbled
• verbledn

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈblɛt]

Adjective

bled

1. short masculine singular of bledý

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɛt/
• Hyphenation: bled
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

Related to blad.

Noun

bled n (plural bledden, no diminutive)

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French bled.

Noun

bled m (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. (Belgium) middle of nowhere

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɛd/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

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.
   • Les raisons pour lesquelles les Mbenguistes aiment revenir au bled pour se marier

     C’est donc parce qu’ils sont amoureux du raccourci et de la facilité que ces messieurs vont chercher l’âme sœur au bled.

     It's because they are in love with shortcuts and facility that these gentlemen go look for their soulmates in the bled

Further reading

• “bled”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Middle English

Noun

bled

1. alternative form of blede

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• blädje (Mooring)
• bleet (Sylt)

Etymology

From Old Frisian blēda, from Proto-Germanic *blōþijaną. Cognates include West Frisian bliede.

Pronunciation

• (Föhr-Amrum) IPA^(key): [blɛd]

Verb

bled

1. (Föhr-Amrum) to bleed

Conjugation

Conjugation of bled (Föhr-Amrum dialect)

infinitive I	bled
infinitive II	(tu) bleden
past participle	bleet
imperative singular	bled
imperative plural	bled’m
	present	past
1st singular	bled	bleet
2nd singular	bleetst	bleetst
3rd singular	bleet	bleet
plural	bled	bleet
	perfect	pluperfect
1st singular	haa bleet	hed bleet
2nd singular	heest bleet	hedst bleet
3rd singular	hee bleet	hed bleet
plural	haa bleet	hed bleet
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st singular	skal bled	wal bled
2nd singular	skääl bled	wääl bled
3rd singular	skal bled	wal bled
plural	skel bled	wel bled

Old English

Alternative forms

• blǣd

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bleːd/

Noun

blēd f

1. a shoot, branch
2. foliage, leaves; a leaf
3. a flower, blossom; a bloom
4. fruit; a fruit
   • The Old English rune poem

     ᛒ byþ blēda lēas...

     Birch is without fruit...

   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Woruldcara, and welan, and flǣsċlīċe lustas forsmoriað ðǣs mōdes ðrotan, and ne geðafiað gōdne willan infaran tō his heortan, swilċe hī ðone līflīċan blǣd forðrǣstne ācwellon. Twā wiðerrǣde ðing geðēodde Drihten on ðisum cwyde, þæt sind ymhīdiġnyssa and lustas.

     Concern about worldly things, and wealth, and carnal lusts choke the throat of the mind, and do not allow good will into the heart, as if they killed it by crushing the living fruit. The Lord connected two contrary things in this saying, which are cares and lusts.

5. a harvest, crop; yield, produce

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	blēd	blēda, blēde
accusative	blēde	blēda, blēde
genitive	blēde	blēda
dative	blēde	blēdum

Synonyms

• ofett

Descendants

• Middle English: blede, bled
  • English: blead
  • Scots: bleed

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blad.

Noun

bled n

1. leaf

Inflection

Declension of bled (neuter a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	bled	bled
accusative	bled	bled
genitive	bledes	bleda
dative	blede	bledum, bledem

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: bleed

  Hallig: blää

  Mooring: blees

  Sylt: Bleer

• Saterland Frisian: Blääd
• West Frisian: bled

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bledyos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲlʲeð/

Noun

bled f

1. sea-monster
2. whale

Inflection

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

• bledmíl

Mutation

Mutation of bled

radical	lenition	nasalization
bled	bled pronounced with /βʲ-/	mbled

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bled”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• blijȇd (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *blědъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blêːd/

Adjective

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

1. pale, pallid

Declension

positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bled	bleda	bledo
genitive		bleda	blede	bleda
dative		bledu	bledoj	bledu
accusative	inanimate animate	bled bleda	bledu	bledo
vocative		bled	bleda	bledo
locative		bledu	bledoj	bledu
instrumental		bledim	bledom	bledim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bledi	blede	bleda
genitive		bledih	bledih	bledih
dative		bledim(a)	bledim(a)	bledim(a)
accusative		blede	blede	bleda
vocative		bledi	blede	bleda
locative		bledim(a)	bledim(a)	bledim(a)
instrumental		bledim(a)	bledim(a)	bledim(a)

positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bledi	bleda	bledo
genitive		bledog(a)	blede	bledog(a)
dative		bledom(u/e)	bledoj	bledom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	bledi bledog(a)	bledu	bledo
vocative		bledi	bleda	bledo
locative		bledom(e/u)	bledoj	bledom(e/u)
instrumental		bledim	bledom	bledim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bledi	blede	bleda
genitive		bledih	bledih	bledih
dative		bledim(a)	bledim(a)	bledim(a)
accusative		blede	blede	bleda
vocative		bledi	blede	bleda
locative		bledim(a)	bledim(a)	bledim(a)
instrumental		bledim(a)	bledim(a)	bledim(a)

comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bleđi	bleđa	bleđe
genitive		bleđeg(a)	bleđe	bleđeg(a)
dative		bleđem(u)	bleđoj	bleđem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	bleđi bleđeg(a)	bleđu	bleđe
vocative		bleđi	bleđa	bleđe
locative		bleđem(u)	bleđoj	bleđem(u)
instrumental		bleđim	bleđom	bleđim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bleđi	bleđe	bleđa
genitive		bleđih	bleđih	bleđih
dative		bleđim(a)	bleđim(a)	bleđim(a)
accusative		bleđe	bleđe	bleđa
vocative		bleđi	bleđe	bleđa
locative		bleđim(a)	bleđim(a)	bleđim(a)
instrumental		bleđim(a)	bleđim(a)	bleđim(a)

superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najbleđi	najbleđa	najbleđe
genitive		najbleđeg(a)	najbleđe	najbleđeg(a)
dative		najbleđem(u)	najbleđoj	najbleđem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najbleđi najbleđeg(a)	najbleđu	najbleđe
vocative		najbleđi	najbleđa	najbleđe
locative		najbleđem(u)	najbleđoj	najbleđem(u)
instrumental		najbleđim	najbleđom	najbleđim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najbleđi	najbleđe	najbleđa
genitive		najbleđih	najbleđih	najbleđih
dative		najbleđim(a)	najbleđim(a)	najbleđim(a)
accusative		najbleđe	najbleđe	najbleđa
vocative		najbleđi	najbleđe	najbleđa
locative		najbleđim(a)	najbleđim(a)	najbleđim(a)
instrumental		najbleđim(a)	najbleđim(a)	najbleđim(a)

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *blědъ. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bléːt/

Adjective

blẹ̑d (comparative bȍlj blẹ̑d or bledȇjši, superlative nȁjbolj blẹ̑d or nȁjbledȇjši)

1. pale (light in color)
2. (of human skin) pale (having a pallor)
3. pale; faint; dull; indistinct

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	bléd	bléda	blédo
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bléd ind blédi def	bléda	blédo
genitive	blédega	bléde	blédega
dative	blédemu	blédi	blédemu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	blédo	blédo
locative	blédem	blédi	blédem
instrumental	blédim	blédo	blédim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bléda	blédi	blédi
genitive	blédih	blédih	blédih
dative	blédima	blédima	blédima
accusative	bléda	blédi	blédi
locative	blédih	blédih	blédih
instrumental	blédima	blédima	blédima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	blédi	bléde	bléda
genitive	blédih	blédih	blédih
dative	blédim	blédim	blédim
accusative	bléde	bléde	bléda
locative	blédih	blédih	blédih
instrumental	blédimi	blédimi	blédimi

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “bled”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Volapük

Noun

bled (nominative plural bleds)

1. sheet (of paper)

Declension

Declension of bled

	singular	plural
nominative	bled	bleds
genitive	bleda	bledas
dative	blede	bledes
accusative	bledi	bledis
vocative 1	o bled!	o bleds!
predicative 2	bledu	bledus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only