bidlo

See also: bidło

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech bidlo, from Proto-Slavic *bidlo. Equivalent to bít +‎ -dlo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪdlo]
• Hyphenation: bi‧d‧lo

Noun

bidlo n (diminutive bidélko or bidýlko)

1. pole

   Synonyms: tyč, žerď, hřada

2. beanpole (tall person)

   Synonyms: čahoun, dlouhán, slonbidlo

Declension

Declension of bidlo (hard neuter reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	bidlo	bidla
genitive	bidla	bidel
dative	bidlu	bidlům
accusative	bidlo	bidla
vocative	bidlo	bidla
locative	bidle, bidlu	bidlech
instrumental	bidlem	bidly

Derived terms

adjectives

• bidlový

nouns

• bidélce
• bidélko
• bidlovina
• bidýlko
• slonbidlo

Further reading

• “bidlo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “bidlo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “bidlo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bidlo. By surface analysis, bíti +‎ -dlo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈbidɫo/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈbidlo/

Noun

bidlo n

1. pole

   Synonym: žrd

2. stamper, mullet

Declension

Declension of bidlo (hard o-stem reducible)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	bidlo	bidle	bidla
genitive	bidla	bidlú	bidel
dative	bidlu	bidloma	bidlóm
accusative	bidlo	bidle	bidla
vocative	bidlo	bidle	bidla
locative	bidle, bidlu	bidlú	bidléch
instrumental	bidlem	bidloma	bidly

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: bidlo

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “bidlo”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Slovak

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *bidlo

Slovak bidlo

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bidlo. By surface analysis, biť +‎ -dlo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bidlɔ/, [ˈbidlɔ]
• Rhymes: -idlɔ
• Hyphenation: bid‧lo

Noun

bidlo n (diminutive bidielko or bidielce)

1. roost, perch (a bar or pole on which poultry or birds sit or sleep)

   Synonyms: žrď, tyč

   Kohút vyskočil na najvyššie bidlo v kurníku, aby zobudil celú farmu. ― The rooster jumped onto the highest roost in the coop to wake the whole farm.

2. (textiles) sley, beater (a movable frame of a loom used to beat the weft thread into place)

   Tkadlička silno udrela bidlom po útkovej niti, aby bolo plátno husté a pevné. ― The weaver hit the weft thread hard with the beater to make the cloth dense and strong.

3. hanging pole, rack (a wooden pole used in traditional households for hanging clothes, bedding, or herbs)

   Nad kachľovou pecou v starej drevenici viselo bidlo, na ktorom sa sušili premočené kožuchy. ― A pole hung above the tiled stove in the old log cabin, on which soaked fur coats were dried.

4. punting pole, barge pole (a long wooden pole used to maneuver or push a boat or raft away from the bank)

   Mladý pltník sa poriadne oprel do bidla, keď potreboval nasmerovať plť do hlbšieho prúdu rieky. ― The young rafter pushed hard on the pole when he needed to steer the raft into a deeper current of the river.

Declension

Declension of bidlo
(pattern mesto)

	singular	plural
nominative	bidlo	bidlá
genitive	bidla	bidiel
dative	bidlu	bidlám
accusative	bidlo	bidlá
locative	bidle	bidlách
instrumental	bidlom	bidlami

Further reading

• “bidlo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026