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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *skǫdьnъ.
Pronunciation
Adjective
скъ́ден • (skǎ́den) (adverb скъ́дно) (obsolescent, poetic)
- scant, scarce, skimpy, insufficient (in short supply)
- poor, needy
Declension
Positive forms of скъ́ден
Comparative forms of скъ́ден
Superlative forms of скъ́ден
- ску́ден (skúden), ска́ден (skáden) — with dialectal reflexes of Proto-Slavic -ǫ-
Derived terms
- скъде́я (skǎdéja, “to retrench, to economise”) (obsolete)
- скъ́дост (skǎ́dost, “scarcity”) (obsolescent)
References
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “скѫ́дьнъ, -дна, -дно”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 184
- Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “скъден”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 816
- “скѫдo”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024