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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bědьnъ. By surface analysis, bieda + -ny.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbjɛd.nɨ/
- Rhymes: -ɛdnɨ
- Syllabification: bied‧ny
Adjective
biedny (comparative biedniejszy, superlative najbiedniejszy, derived adverb biednie)
- poor (with no possessions or money)
- Synonyms: goły, niebogaty, skromny, ubogi
- Antonyms: bogaty, zamożny
- poor (used to express pity)
Declension
Declension of biedny (hard)
Derived terms
Collocations
sense 1, lacking possessions and money
- biedny chłop ― a poor peasant
- biedny człowiek ― a poor person
- biedny lud ― a poor people (group)
- biedny naród ― a poor nation
- biedny kraj ― a poor country
- biedny region ― a poor region
- biedna staruszka ― a poor old woman
- biedna wdowa ― a poor widow
- biedna młodzież ― the poor youth
- biednarodzina ― a poor family
- biedniejsza część społeczeństwa ― the poorer part of society
- najbiedniejsza grupa społeczna ― the poorest social group
- biedna dzielnica ― a poor district
- biedna gmina ― a poor municipality
- biedna wieś ― a poor village
- biedne społeczeństwo ― a poor society
- biedne państwo ― a poor state/nation
- biedne województwo ― a poor voivodeship
- biedni mieszkańcy ― poor residents
- biedni studenci/uczniowie ― poor students
- biedny jak łazarz ― poor as Lazarus
- biedny dom ― a poor house, a house ‘’’of little money’’’
- biedny strój ― a poor outfit
- biedne ubranie ― poor clothes
- biedny kotek ― a poor cat
- biedny psiak ― a poor doggy
- biedna sierota ― a poor orphan
- biedna oferma ― a poor loser
- biedna ofiara ― a poor victim
- biedna kaleka ― a poor cripple
- biedne dziecko ― poor kid
- biedne stworzenie ― poor creature
- biedne szczenię ― a poor puppy
Further reading
- biedny in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- biedny in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bědьnъ, by surface analysis, bieda + -ný.
Pronunciation
Adjective
biedny
- needy
- (rather) poor, (very) poor, miserable (of quality)
Declension
Declension of biedny (hard-short)
References
- “biedny”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024