неден

Bulgarian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

BER lists two hypotheses:

• From a transposed figurative sense of ни- (ni-, “non-”) +‎ един (edin, “one”), cognate with Serbo-Croatian нијѐдан (“no one”).
• A relict of Proto-Balto-Slavic *náiˀdas (“animosity”) + -ен (-en), akin to Latvian nâids (“hatred, discord”), Lithuanian paniedètas (“despicable”). Favoured by Iljinsky.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛdɛn]

Adjective

не́ден • (néden) (adverb не́дно)

1. (literary) accursed, vicious, detestable

Declension

Positive forms of не́ден

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	не́ден néden	не́дна nédna	не́дно nédno	не́дни nédni
definite (subject form)	не́дният nédnijat	не́дната nédnata	не́дното nédnoto	не́дните nédnite
definite (object form)	не́дния nédnija

Comparative forms of не́ден

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	по́-не́ден pó-néden	по́-не́дна pó-nédna	по́-не́дно pó-nédno	по́-не́дни pó-nédni
definite (subject form)	по́-не́дният pó-nédnijat	по́-не́дната pó-nédnata	по́-не́дното pó-nédnoto	по́-не́дните pó-nédnite
definite (object form)	по́-не́дния pó-nédnija

Superlative forms of не́ден

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	на́й-не́ден náj-néden	на́й-не́дна náj-nédna	на́й-не́дно náj-nédno	на́й-не́дни náj-nédni
definite (subject form)	на́й-не́дният náj-nédnijat	на́й-не́дната náj-nédnata	на́й-не́дното náj-nédnoto	на́й-не́дните náj-nédnite
definite (object form)	на́й-не́дния náj-nédnija

Related terms

• ни един (ni edin, “no one”) (possibly)

References

• “неден”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “неден”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “нѣ́днꙑй”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 285
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “неден”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 598