bieda
Polish
noun
Definitions
- poverty, need
- (colloquial) SNAFU, an undesirable situation
- (colloquial) letdown, something lacking or unsatisfactory
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běda (adversity, misery).
Origin
Proto-Slavic
*běda
Gloss
adversity, misery
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- беда Russian
- *bʰeydʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- biada Polish
- biedactwo Polish
- biednieć Polish
- biedny Polish
- biedota Polish
- *běda Proto-Slavic
- *bědьnъ Proto-Slavic
- bída Czech
- běda Czech
- beda Serbo-Croatian
- bijeda Serbo-Croatian
- беда Serbo-Croatian
- биједа Serbo-Croatian
- bēda Latvian
- bēdīgums Latvian
- nebēda Latvian
- nebēdniece Latvian
- nebēdnis Latvian
- nebēdība Latvian
- nebēdīgs Latvian
- nebēdīgums Latvian
- беда Bulgarian
- беда Macedonian
- біда Ukrainian
- bieda Slovak
- бяда Belarusian
- beda Slovene
- бѣда Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian