бедный

Russian

adj

Definitions

poor (having no possessions or money)
poor (having little of a desirable thing)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bědьnъ affix from Russian беда́ (disaster, adversity, tribulation).

Origin

Russian

беда́

Gloss

disaster, adversity, tribulation

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

беда́ Russian
biedny Polish
*bědьnъ Proto-Slavic
bedan Serbo-Croatian
бедан Serbo-Croatian
беден Bulgarian
беден Macedonian
бідний Ukrainian
бедны Belarusian
beden Slovene

беда́