беден

Bulgarian

adj
Definitions
  • poor, needy, penniless, moneyless, penurious
  • (relational) poverty, slum
  • deficient, inadequate, meagre, scanty, poor, jejune, unfertile, sterile
  • pitiable, poor, wretched

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bědьnъ affix from Bulgarian беда́ (trouble, misfortune).

Origin

Bulgarian

беда́

Gloss

trouble, misfortune

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