blady

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English

Etymology

From blade +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

Adjective

blady (comparative more blady, superlative most blady)

  1. Consisting of blades, or having prominent blades.

References

Anagrams

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *blědъ. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /blʲadɨː/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /blʲadɨ/

Adjective

blady

  1. (of a color or light, attested in Masovia) pale
    • 1901 [1463-1465], Jan Rozwadowski, editor, De morte prologus [Rozmowa mistrza Polikarpa ze śmiercią], Mierzeniec, Płock, line 29:
      Chvda, blada, szolthe lycze, lsczy szya yako myethnycza
      [Chuda, blada, żołte lice łszczy się jako miednica]
    • End of the 15th century, Wokabularz petersburski I, Cesarskiej Biblioteki Publicznej w Petersburgu, sygn. Lat.Q.ch.XVI.33, page 7:
      Pallidus bladi
      [Pallidus blady]

Descendants

  • Polish: blady

References

  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “blady”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
  • Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “blady”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish blady.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -adɘ
  • Syllabification: bla‧dy
  • Homophone: Blady

Adjective

blady (comparative bladszy or bledszy, superlative najbladszy or najbledszy, derived adverb blado)

  1. (of a person) pale, pallid
    Synonym: biały
  2. (of a color or light) pale
    Synonyms: jasny, mdły
  3. (literary) pale, feeble, faint, indistinct
    Synonym: mdły
  4. (literary) bland, insipid
    Synonym: nijaki

Declension

Derived terms

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Collocations

Further reading

  • blady in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • blady in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “blady”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • BLADY”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 14.02.2019