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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
*běda (“misfortune”) + *-ьnъ
Adjective
*bědьnъ
- poor, unfortunate
- Synonym: *ubogъ
- wretched, miserable
- (rare) tough, harsh (for condition)
Inflection
Indefinite declension of *bědьnъ (hard)
Definite declension of *bědьnъ (hard)
Derived terms
Descendants
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- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bědьnъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 58