blud

See also: блуд

English

Etymology 1

Created in Multicultural London English, of Jamaican origin. Has since spread around England.

Noun

blud (plural bluds)

1. (Britain, MLE, slang) Informal address to a male.
   • 2015, “Shut Up”, performed by Stormzy:

     Nowadays all of my shows sold out / Headline tour, yeah blud, sold out

   • 2016, “Punk (Chipmunk Diss)”, performed by Yungen:

     I heard your mixtape, blud it was garbage […] Blud, I don't know why you mentioned my name

See also

• bled

Etymology 2

Noun

blud (usually uncountable, plural bluds)

1. (Britain) Obsolete spelling of blood
   • 1539-40, Late Banns BL Harl 2150, The Records of Early English Drama, Cheshire Including Chester, Volume 1, Lawrence M. Clopper, Elizabeth Baldwin, David Mills: University of Toronto Press, 1 January 2007, page 84, line 33-36

     The yronmongers find a Carayge good

     how Iesu dyed on ye Rode

     and shed for vs his precyus blud

     the find it in fere

Anagrams

• ULDB

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *blǫdъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈblut]

Noun

blud m

1. delusion

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	blud	bludy
genitive	bludu	bludů
dative	bludu	bludům
accusative	blud	bludy
vocative	blude	bludy
locative	bludu	bludech
instrumental	bludem	bludy

Related terms

• bludný

Further reading

• blud in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• blud in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *blǫdъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blûːd/

Noun

blȗd m (Cyrillic spelling блу̑д)

1. bawdry, carnality, fornication

Declension

Declension of blud

	singular	plural
nominative	blud	bludovi
genitive	bluda	bludova
dative	bludu	bludovima
accusative	blud	bludove
vocative	blude	bludovi
locative	bludu	bludovima
instrumental	bludom	bludovima

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Volapük

Noun

blud (nominative plural bluds)

1. blood

Declension

declension of blud

	singular	plural
nominative	blud	bluds
genitive	bluda	bludas
dative	blude	bludes
accusative	bludi	bludis
vocative 1	o blud!	o bluds!
predicative 2	bludu	bludus

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

Related terms

• bludön