подлый

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish podły, from Proto-Slavic *podьlъ. First attested in the XVII century.

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Adjective

по́длый (pódlyj) (comparative (по)подле́е or (по)подле́й)

  1. mean, low, dishonest, foul, dirty, bad

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “подлый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “подлый”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 49