bydło

See also: bydlo

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-der.

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Indo-European *-tlomder.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtlan

Proto-Slavic *bydlò

Old Polish bydło

Polish bydło

Inherited from Old Polish bydło, from Proto-Slavic *bydlò. By surface analysis, być +‎ -dło.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɘ.dwɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɘdwɔ
• Syllabification: by‧dło

Noun

bydło n (diminutive bydełko, related adjective bydlęcy)

1. cattle (domesticated animals of the species Bos taurus (cows, bulls, steers, oxen, etc.))

   Hypernym: rogacizna

   Hyponym: bydło domowe

2. (collective, colloquial, derogatory) cattle, rabble (uncultured or stupid people)

Declension

Declension of bydło

	singular
nominative	bydło
genitive	bydła
dative	bydłu
accusative	bydło
instrumental	bydłem
locative	bydle
vocative	bydło

Derived terms

nouns

• bydlak
• bydlątko
• bydlę

Descendants

• → Belarusian: бы́дла (býdla)
• → English: bydlo
• → Russian: бы́дло (býdlo)
• → Ukrainian: би́дло (býdlo)

Further reading

• bydło in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bydło in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• bydło in PWN's encyclopedia

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bydlò. By surface analysis, być +‎ -dło.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɨdwɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɨdwɔ
• Hyphenation: by‧d‧ło
• Syllabification: byd‧ło

Noun

bydło n

1. residence, domicile (place where one usually lives)

Declension

Declension of bydło (neuter hard stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	bydło	bydle	bydła
genitive	bydła	bydłow	bydłow
dative	bydłu	bydłomaj	bydłam
accusative	bydło	bydle	bydła
instrumental	bydłom	bydłomaj	bydłami
locative	bydle	bydłomaj	bydłach
vocative	bydło	bydle	bydła

Further reading

• “bydło”, in Mudra corpus [Upper Sorbian–Czech dictionary] (in Czech), 2024–2026
• “bydło” in Soblex