bydlo

See also: bydło

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish bydło (“cattle”) or Russian бы́дло (býdlo, “cattle”) in online culture; compare the connotative uses of redneck and sheeple.

Noun

bydlo

1. (derogatory) Someone who is backwards, lacking refinement and culture, usually a person of Slavic origin.

Coordinate terms

• gopnik

Anagrams

• Bloyd, Dolby

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bydlò. By surface analysis, být +‎ -dlo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪdlo]
• Rhymes: -ɪdlo
• Hyphenation: by‧d‧lo
• Homophone: bidlo

Noun

bydlo n

1. (literary, often expressive) livelihood

   Synonym: živobytí

2. (archaic, often expressive) dwelling

   Synonyms: bydlení, obydlí, příbytek

Usage notes

• Today usually only used in the phrase pálí ho dobré bydlo (“he doesn't appreciate how easy life he has, he doesn't know he's born”, literally “he's being burnt by good livelihood”).

Declension

Declension of bydlo (hard neuter reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	bydlo	bydla
genitive	bydla	bydel
dative	bydlu	bydlům
accusative	bydlo	bydla
vocative	bydlo	bydla
locative	bydle, bydlu	bydlech
instrumental	bydlem	bydly

Related terms

• bydlet
• bydliště n
• být

 

Further reading

• “bydlo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “bydlo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “bydlo” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz
• “bydlo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)