юрод

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ǫrodъ. By surface analysis, юн- (jun-) +‎ род (rod, “birth, origin”). Poetic meaning is inherited from Old Church Slavonic ѫродъ (ǫrodŭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈju̟rot]

Noun

ю́род • (júrod) m (diminutive ю́родче)

1. (literal) cripple (one with inborn physical impediment)
2. (derogatory) idiot, fool

   Synonyms: глупа́к (glupák), глупе́ц (glupéc)

3. (poetic, figurative) freak, madman, monster, abomination

   Synonyms: и́зрод (ízrod), изча́дие (izčádie), и́зверг (ízverg)

4. (dated) renegade, kin apostate

   Synonyms: безро́дник (bezródnik), родоотстъ́пник (rodootstǎ́pnik)

   • 1792, Paisij Hilendarsky, Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya:

     О, неразумний юроде, поради что се срамиш да се наречеш българин?

     O, nerazumnij jurode, poradi čto se sramiš da se narečeš bǎlgarin?

     Oh, [thou] injudicious renegade, for what [thou] art ashamed to call thyself a Bulgarian?

Declension

Declension of ю́род

	singular	plural
indefinite	ю́род júrod	ю́роди júrodi
definite (subject form)	ю́родът júrodǎt	ю́родите júrodite
definite (object form)	ю́рода júroda
count form	—	ю́рода júroda
vocative form	ю́роде júrode	ю́роди júrodi

Alternative forms

• у́род (úrod) — reborrowed from Russian

Derived terms

• юро́дство (juródstvo, “inhumanity, madness, cruel bahavior”) (poetic)
• ю́роден (júroden, “inhumane, cruel, maniacal”) (poetic)
• ю́родски (júrodski, “partaining to a mad, inhumane man or behavior”)
• юроди́в (jurodív), юродли́в (jurodlív, “degenerate, abominable; stupid”)

References

• “юрод”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “ѫродъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024