bridki

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bridъkъ (“sharp”). Cognate with Polish brzydki (“ugly”), Czech břitký (“cutting, sharp”), Serbo-Croatian brȉdak (“cutting, sharp”), and Ukrainian бридки́й (brydkýj, “disgusting, ugly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrʲitkʲi/

Adjective

bridki

1. (dialectal) disgusting
2. (dialectal) ugly

Declension

Declension of bridki

	Masculine singular	Feminine singular	Neuter singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	bridki	bridka	bridke	bridkej	bridke
Genitive	bridkego	bridkeje	bridkego	bridkeju	bridkich
Dative	bridkemu	bridkej	bridkemu	bridkima	bridkim
Accusative	bridki bridkego (animate)	bridku	bridke	bridkej bridkeju (animate)	bridke bridkich (optional animate form)
Instrumental	bridkim	bridkeju	bridkim	bridkima	bridkimi
Locative	bridkem	bridkej	bridkem	bridkima	bridkich

Synonyms

• (disgusting): žadławy
• (ugly): grozny

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “bridki”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “bridki”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag