See also: блѧдь

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic блѧдь (blędĭ), from Proto-Slavic *blędь (error), from *blęsti (to talk nonsense, err).

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  • IPA(key): [blʲætʲ]
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Noun

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блядь (bljadʹf anim (genitive бля́ди, nominative plural бля́ди, genitive plural бляде́й, relational adjective бля́дский, augmentative бляди́ща or бляди́на)

  1. (vulgar) whore, slut, prostitute
    Synonyms: (neutral, not vulgar) проститу́тка (prostitútka); (highly vulgar, invective) шлю́ха (šljúxa), ку́рва (kúrva); (low colloquial, pejorative) потаску́ха (potaskúxa)
    ходи́ть по блядя́мxodítʹ po bljadjámto go whoring
    за́сраная блядьzásranaja bljadʹdirty slut
    • 1996, Виктор Пелевин [Victor Pelevin], chapter 1, in Чапаев и пустота, ФТМ; English translation from Andrew Bromfield, transl., Buddha's Little Finger, Penguin Books, 1999:
      За кру́глыми сто́ликами сиде́ло по тро́е-че́тверо челове́к; пу́блика была́ са́мая разношё́рстная, но бо́льше всего́ бы́ло, как э́то всегда́ случа́ется в исто́рии челове́чества, свиноры́лых спекуля́нтов и до́рого оде́тых бляде́й.
      Za krúglymi stólikami sidélo po tróje-čétvero čelovék; públika bylá sámaja raznošórstnaja, no bólʹše vsevó býlo, kak éto vsegdá slučájetsja v istórii čelovéčestva, svinorýlyx spekuljántov i dórogo odétyx bljadéj.
      There were three or four people at each round table; the customers were a very mixed bunch, but as has always been the case throughout the history of humanity, it was pig-faced speculators and expensively dressed whores who predominated.
  2. (vulgar) bitch, slut, promiscuous person
    Synonym: (highly vulgar, invective) ку́рва (kúrva)
  3. (vulgar) general-purpose insult; compare shithead, bastard, etc.
    Synonym: (highly vulgar, invective) ку́рва (kúrva)

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  • Ingrian: bläädi
  • Kazakh: біләт (bılät), білә (bılä)
  • Lithuanian: bliat, blet
  • Livvi: bliädi
  • Polish: bladź

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блядь (bljadʹ)

  1. (vulgar, swear word) interjection (may be contracted to бля (blja)); compare for fuck's sake!, shit!, etc.
    Synonym: (euphemism) блин (blin)
    Ты что де́лаешь, блядь?!
    Ty što délaješʹ, bljadʹ?!
    What are you doing, for fuck's sake?!
  2. (vulgar) used as filler or intensifier
    Я знаю, блядь.
    Ja znaju, bljadʹ.
    I fucking know that.
  3. (vulgar, intensive) (may be contracted to бля (blja)); compare damn, fucking, etc.
    бля бу́дуblja búduI’ll be a whore (used as an affirmation; translates to "I understand what you expect of me and I take full responsibility for what I said, and I swear that what I said is the truth".)
    Бля бу́ду, не брал я твои́ штаны́!
    Blja búdu, ne bral ja tvoí štaný!
    I fucking swear, I didn't take your pants!
  4. (vulgar) discourse particle
    Я, бля, три дня не пил!Ja, blja, tri dnja ne pil!I haven't had a drink in three fuckin' days!

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic блѧдь (blędĭ), from Proto-Slavic *blędь (error), from *blęsti (to talk nonsense, err).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [blʲadʲ]
  • Hyphenation: блядь

Noun

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блядь (bljadʹf pers (genitive бля́ді, nominative plural бля́ді, genitive plural бляде́й, relational adjective бля́дський) (vulgar)

  1. whore, slut
    бі́дна блядьbídna bljadʹa poor whore
    Не працюва́тимеш тут норма́льнобу́деш бля́ддю.Ne pracjuvátymeš tut normálʹno — búdeš bljáddju.If you don't work here properly, you'll be a whore.
  2. bitch (general-purpose insult towards women)
    Мовчи́, бля́де.Movčý, bljáde.Shut up, you bitch.
    Усі́м ба́йдуже до ціє́ї бля́ді.Usím bájduže do cijéji bljádi.Nobody cares about this bitch.
    Ця блядь запла́тить за свою́ поведі́нку.Cja bljadʹ zaplátytʹ za svojú povedínku.This bitch will pay for her behavior.
    Хто ж іще́ б так пизді́в, як не ця тупа́ блядь!Xto ž iščé b tak pyzdív, jak ne cja tupá bljadʹ!Who would ever talk shit like this if not this stupid bitch!
    Я не спілку́юся з таки́ми блядьми́ як ти.Ja ne spilkújusja z takýmy bljadʹmý jak ty.I don't mate with such bitches like you.

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блядь (bljadʹ) (vulgar, swear word)

  1. damn it, fuck it!
    Synonym: (euphemism) блін (blin)
    Блядь! Чому́ все так?Bljadʹ! Čomú vse tak?Damn it! Why is everything like that?
  2. used as a filler or intensifier
    Що ти, блядь, ро́биш?Ščo ty, bljadʹ, róbyš?What the fuck are you doing?
    Іди́, блядь, кра́ще попрацю́й!Idý, bljadʹ, krášče popracjúj!You'd better go and fucking work!
    Блядь, яки́й це жах.Bljadʹ, jakýj ce žax.Fuck, it's such a nightmare.

Further reading

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  • Kondratiuk, T. M. (2006) “блядь”, in Словник сучасного українського сленгу [Dictionary of Modern Ukrainian Slang] (in Ukrainian), Kharkiv: Folio, →ISBN
  • блядь”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)