bridki

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bridъkъ (“sharp”). Cognate with Polish brzydki (“ugly”), Czech břitký (“cutting, sharp”), Serbo-Croatian brȉdak (“cutting, sharp”), and Ukrainian бридки́й (brydkýj, “disgusting, ugly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrʲitkʲi/

Adjective

bridki

1. (dialectal) disgusting
2. (dialectal) ugly

Declension

Declension of bridki

	singular					dual			plural
	masculine		neuter	feminine		virile	nonvirile		virile	nonvirile
	animate	inanimate
nominative vocative	bridki		bridke	bridka		bridkej			bridke
genitive	bridkego bridkeg¹			bridkeje bridkej¹		bridkeju			bridkich
dative	bridkemu bridkem¹			bridkej		bridkima			bridkim
accusative	bridkego bridkeg¹	bridki	bridke	bridku		bridkeju	bridkej		bridke, bridkich	bridke
instrumental	bridkim			bridkeju bridkej¹		bridkima			bridkimi
locative	bridkem bridkim²			bridkej		bridkima			bridkich

¹ poetic, colloquial
² obsolete, dialectal

Synonyms

• (disgusting): žadławy
• (ugly): grozny

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “bridki”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “bridki”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag