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Ukrainian
Etymology
Back-formation from зли́дні (zlýdni). By surface analysis, злий (zlyj, “bad”) + день (denʹ, “day”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
зли́день • (zlýdenʹ) m pers (genitive зли́дня, nominative plural зли́дні, genitive plural зли́днів) (colloquial)
- pauper, poor man, poor person
- Synonyms: злида́р m (zlydár), бідня́к m (bidnják), (dialectal) злиде́нник m (zlydénnyk)
- (derogatory) wretch (worthless or despicable person)
Declension
Declension of зли́день (pers soft masc-form accent-a reduc)
References
- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “злидень”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 266
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “злидень”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2015), “злидень”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (зга́га – ква́рта), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “злидень”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “злидень”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “злидень”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “злидень”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “злидень”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)