bled

See also: Bled and blēḑ

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbled/

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• Rhymes: -ɛd

Etymology 1

See bleed.

Verb

bled

1. simple past tense and past participle of bleed

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.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Related to blad.

Noun

bled n (plural bledden)

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French bled.

Noun

bled m (uncountable)

1. (Belgium) middle of nowhere

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French

Etymology

From Algerian Arabic, from Arabic بِلَاد‎ (bilād)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɛd/

Noun

bled m (plural bleds)

1. (somewhat derogatory) village
   • 2017, Elh Kmer (lyrics), “Homicide”, in 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.

Further reading

• “bled” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Middle English

Noun

bled

1. Alternative form of blede

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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
5. a harvest, crop; yield, produce

Declension

Declension of bled (strong ō-stem)

Case	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

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Old Frisian

Noun

bled n

1. leaf

Inflection

Declension of bled (neuter a-stem)

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

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr: bleed

  Hallig: blää

• Saterland Frisian: Blääd
• West Frisian: bled

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• blijȇd (Ijekavian)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *blědъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blêːd/

Adjective

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

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)

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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