blēd̦

See also: bled and Bled

Livonian

Etymology

Apparently a borrowing from Latvian blēdis. Karulis lists blēdis as an inherited word cognate with Lithuanian blėdis (“loss, misfortune”), Russian блядь (bljadʹ, “prostitute, wretch”) (Old Church Slavonic блѧдь (blędĭ, “deceit, liar, promiscuous woman”)). By a competing theory the word is a borrowing from Old East Slavic блядь (bljadĭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bleːɟ/

Noun

blē'd̦

1. a cheat, swindler, conman

Adjective

blē'd̦

1. cunning, wily
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     blēd̦ rištīng

     a cunning person

Declension

Declension of blēd̦ (134)

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	blēd̦	blēd̦õd
genitive (genitīv)	blēd̦	blēd̦õd
partitive (partitīv)	blēd̦õ	blēd̦idi
dative (datīv)	blēd̦õn	blēd̦õdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	blēd̦õks	blēd̦õdõks
illative (illatīv)	blēd̦õ	blēd̦iž
inessive (inesīv)	blēd̦šõ	blēd̦is
elative (elatīv)	blēd̦štõ	blēd̦ist