blady
English
Etymology
blade + -y
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bleɪdi/
- Rhymes: -eɪdi
Adjective
blady (comparative more blady, superlative most blady)
- Consisting of blades.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] H[umphrey] L[ownes] for Mathew Lownes; I. Browne; I. Helme; I. Busbie, published 1613, OCLC 1049089293:
- blady grass
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for blady in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- Dalby, Dybal, badly, baldy
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish blady, from Proto-Slavic *blědъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *blaidas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰloyd-o-s, from *bʰleyd-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbla.dɨ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -adɨ
- Syllabification: bla‧dy
Adjective
blady (comparative bladszy or bledszy, superlative najbladszy or najbledszy, adverb blado)
- (of a person) pale, pallid [+ z (genitive) = from what] or (proscribed) [+ od (genitive) = from what]
- Synonym: biały
- blady chłopak ― a pale boy
- blady człowiek ― a pale person
- blady młodzieniec ― a pale adolescent
- blady trup ― a pale body/corpse
- blada dziewczyna ― a pale girl
- blada dziewczynka ― a pale little girl
- blada kobieta ― a pale woman
- blada panna ― a pale maiden
- blada buzia ― a pale face/mouth
- blada cera ― a pale complexion
- blada twarz ― a pale face
- blada twarzyczka ― a pale little face
- blade dziecko ― a pale child
- blade oblicze ― a pale countenance
- blade policzki ― pale cheeks
- blady na twarzy ― pale in the face
- blady od nieprzespanych nocy ― pale from not sleeping at night
- blady od nieszczęścia ― pale from harm/misfortune
- blady od wzruszeń/ze wzruszenia ― pale from emotion(s)/to tears
- blady z emocji ― pale from emotion
- blady z natury ― pale by nature
- blady z oburzenia ― pale with indignation/from outrage
- blady z podniecenia ― pale from excitement
- blady z przejęcia ― pale from eagerness
- blady z przerażenia ― pale in/from terror
- blady z wrażenia ― pale from being impressed
- blady z wściekłości ― pale with/from fury/rage
- blady ze strachu ― pale with/from fear
- blady ze wzburzenia ― pale from wallowing in one's emotions
- blady ze złości ― pale from/with anger
- blady ze zmęczenia ― pale from tiredness
- blady jak kreda ― pale as chalk
- blady jak płótno ― pale as cloth/fabric
- blady jak ściana ― pale as a wall
- blady jak śmierć ― pale as death
- blady jak trup ― pale like a body/corpse
- bardzo blady ― very pale
- chorobliwie blady ― sickly pale
- przeraźliwie blady ― frightfully pale
- strasznie blady ― awfully pale
- śmiertelnie/trupio blady ― deathly pale
- (of a color or light) pale
- Synonyms: jasny, mdły
- blady błękit ― a pale blue
- blady kolor ― a pale color
- blady róż ― a pale pink
- blady seledyn ― a pale aquamarine
- blada zieleń ― a pale green
- blada skóra ― pale skin
- blade niebo ― a pale sky
- blade ciało ― a pale body
- blade oczy ― pale eyes
- blade usta/wargi ― pale lips
- blade łydki ― pale calves
- blade piersi ― pale breasts
- blade ramiona ― pale arms/shoulders
- blade uda ― pale thighs
- blady księżyc ― a pale moon
- blada poświata ― pale
- blada smuga (światła) ― a pale streak (of light0
- blade słońce ― a pale sun
- blade światełko/światło ― a pale light
- blade promienie (słońca/księżyca) ― a pale sunbeam/moonbeam
- (literary) pale, feeble, faint, indistinct
- Synonym: mdły
- blady cień ― a pale shadow
- blady uśmiech ― a pale/weak smile
- blady zarys czegoś ― a faint outline of something
- blada kopia ― a pale/faint copy of something
- blade odbicie ― a pale reflection
- blade widmo ― a pale apparition
- blade wspomnienie czegoś ― a faint memory
- (literary) bland, insipid
- Synonym: nijaki
- blade wystąpienie ― a bland performance
- (Łowicz, Bukovina, color) pink, rosy
Declension
Declension of blady
| case | singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine personal/animate | masculine inanimate | neuter | feminine | virile | nonvirile | ||
| nominative, vocative | blady | blade | blada | bladzi | blade | ||
| genitive | bladego | bladej | bladych | ||||
| dative | blademu | bladym | |||||
| accusative | bladego | blady | blade | bladą | bladych | blade | |
| instrumental | bladym | bladymi | |||||
| locative | bladej | bladych | |||||
Derived terms
adjectives
- bladawy
- bladofiołkowy
- bladolicy
- bladoliliowy
- bladoniebieski
- bladoróżowy
- bladozielony
- bladozłoty
- bladożółty
- bledziuchny
- bledziuśki
- bledziuteńki
- bledziutki
- dumny i blady
adverbs
- bladawo
- bledziutko
interjections
- dupa blada
- kurczę blade
nouns
- bladaczka
- blada twarz
- bladość
- blednica
- krętek blady
verbs
- blednąć impf
- zblednąć pf
Further reading
- blady in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- blady in Polish dictionaries at PWN