# bled
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈblɛd/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛd

### Etymology 1

See bleed.

#### Verb

bled
* simple past and past participle of bleed

##### Derived terms

* nonbled
* unbled

### Etymology 2

From French bled, from Algerian Arabic, from Arabic بِلَاد (bilād).

#### Noun

bled (plural bleds)
* (in parts of French North Africa) Hinterland, field.

## Bavarian
### Etymology

From Middle High German blode, from Old High German blōdi, from Proto-Germanic *blauþijaz, *blauþaz (“weak, soft, timid”). Cognates include German blöd, Dutch blood, English blate, bloat, Old Norse blauðr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈb̥leːd̥/, /ˈb̥le̞ːd̥/

### Adjective

bled (comparative bleder, superlative åm bledstn)
* stupid, silly, dopey, dim-witted
* awkward, unflattering, unfavourable

#### Synonyms

* deppert

#### Derived terms

* blederweis
* Bledheit
* bledln
* Bledsinn
* bledsinnig
* saubled
* urbled
* verbledn

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈblɛt]

### Adjective

bled
* short masculine singular of bledý

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /blɛt/
* Hyphenation: bled
* Rhymes: -ɛt

### Etymology 1

Related to blad.

#### Noun

bled n (plural bledden)
* a metal strip with holes
* a flat board such as a tabletop

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French bled.

#### Noun

bled m (uncountable)
* (Belgium) middle of nowhere

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Algerian Arabic, from Arabic بِلَاد (bilād).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /blɛd/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

bled m (plural bleds)
* (informal, somewhat derogatory) village, Podunk, backwater
** 1974, Bertrand Blier, Les Valseuses, spoken by Pierrot (Patrick Dewaere):D’abord j’en ai marre de ce bled! Bled de merde! France de merde!First of all, I'm sick of this village! Shithole village! Shithole France!
** 2017, “Homicide”, in Elh Kmer (lyrics), Indépendant:Je ferais pas d’efforts d’intégration si ce bled ne m’aime pasI won’t make any effort in order to be part of the community if this village doesn’t like me.
* (informal, at times derogatory) the old country, typically in North Africa.
** Les raisons pour lesquelles les Mbenguistes aiment revenir au bled pour se marier
    C’est donc parce qu’ils sont amoureux du raccourci et de la facilité que ces messieurs vont chercher l’âme sœur au bled.It's because they are in love with shortcuts and facility that these gentlemen go look for their soulmates in the bled

### Further reading

* “bled”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Middle English
### Noun

bled
* Alternative form of blede

## North Frisian
### Alternative forms

* blädje (Mooring)
* bleet (Sylt)

### Etymology

From Old Frisian blēda, from Proto-Germanic *blōþijaną. Cognates include West Frisian bliede.

### Pronunciation

* (Föhr-Amrum) IPA: [blɛd]

### Verb

bled
* (Föhr-Amrum) to bleed

#### Conjugation
## Old English
### Alternative forms

* blǣd

### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blēduz, *blōdiz (“blossom, sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-. Related to blōwan (“to bloom, blossom”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bleːd/

### Noun

blēd f
* a shoot, branch
* foliage, leaves; a leaf
* a flower, blossom; a bloom
* fruit; a fruit
** The Old English rune poem
    ᛒ byþ blēda lēas...Birch is without fruit...
* a harvest, crop; yield, produce

#### Declension

Strong ō-stem:

#### Synonyms

* ofett

#### Descendants

* Middle English: blede, bled
** English: blead
** Scots: bleed

## Old Frisian
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blad.

### Noun

bled n
* leaf

#### Descendants

* North Frisian:
    Föhr: bleed
    Hallig: blää
* Saterland Frisian: Blääd
* West Frisian: bled

## Old Irish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bledyos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bʲlʲeð]

### Noun

bled f
* sea-monster
* whale

#### Inflection

Feminine ā-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | bled$^L$ | bleid$^L$ | bleda$^H$ |
| Vocative | bled$^L$ | bleid$^L$ | bleda$^H$ |
| Accusative | bleid$^N$ | bleid$^L$ | bleda$^H$ |
| Genitive | bleide$^H$ | bled$^L$ | bled$^N$ |
| Dative | bleid$^L$ | bledaib | bledaib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

#### Derived terms

* bledmíl

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bled”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* blijȇd (Ijekavian)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *blědъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /blêːd/

### Adjective

blȇd (Cyrillic spelling бле̑д, definite blȇdī, comparative blȅđī)
* pale, pallid

#### Declension
## Slovene
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *blědъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bléːt/

### Adjective

blẹ̑d (comparative bȍlj blẹ̑d or bledȇjši, superlative nȁjbolj blẹ̑d or nȁjbledȇjši)
* pale (light in color)
* (of human skin) pale (having a pallor)
* pale; faint; dull; indistinct

#### Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

### Further reading

* “bled”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “bled”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references

## Volapük
### Noun

bled (nominative plural bleds)
* sheet (of paper)

#### Declension

* $^1$ status as a case is disputed
* $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only