bydło

Inherited from Old Polish bydło (“existence, abode, possessions > cattle”), from Proto-Slavic *bydlò.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɘ.dwɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɘdwɔ
• Syllabification: by‧dło

bydło n (diminutive bydełko, related adjective bydlęcy)

1. cattle (domesticated animals of the species Bos taurus (cows, bulls, steers, oxen, etc.))

   Hypernym: rogacizna

   Hyponym: bydło domowe

2. (collective, colloquial, derogatory) cattle, rabble (uncultured or stupid people)

• → Belarusian: бы́дла (býdla)
• → English: bydlo
• → Russian: бы́дло (býdlo)
• → Ukrainian: би́дло (býdlo)

• bydło in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bydło in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• bydło in PWN's encyclopedia

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bydlò. By surface analysis, być +‎ -dło.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɨdwɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɨdwɔ
• Hyphenation: by‧d‧ło
• Syllabification: byd‧ło

bydło n

1. residence, domicile (place where one usually lives)

• “bydło” in Soblex
• “bydło”, in Mudra corpus [Upper Sorbian–Czech dictionary] (in Czech), 2024–2025