злидень

Ukrainian

Etymology

Back-formation from зли́дні (zlýdni). By surface analysis, злий (zlyj, bad) + день (denʹ, day).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzɫɪdenʲ]
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Noun

зли́день • (zlýdenʹ) m pers (genitive зли́дня, nominative plural зли́дні, genitive plural зли́днів) (colloquial)

  1. pauper, poor man, poor person
    Synonyms: злида́р m (zlydár), бідня́к m (bidnják), (dialectal) злиде́нник m (zlydénnyk)
  2. (derogatory) wretch (worthless or despicable person)

Declension

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “злидень”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 266

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