birda

Esperanto

FWOTD – 26 July 2020

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old English bridd

Middle English brid

English birdbor.

Esperanto birdo

Esperanto -a

Esperanto birda

From birdo + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbirda/

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• Rhymes: -irda
• Syllabification: bir‧da

Adjective

birda (accusative singular birdan, plural birdaj, accusative plural birdajn)

1. avian (of or relating to birds)
   • 1907, Lingvo internacia, volume 12, page 68:

     Kaj tiu ĉi vivoplena junulino, kiu balancas la kapon parolante, kaj kies ventumilo ekbatas la aeron kun la gracieco kaj la viveco de birda flugilo, kiu ŝi estas?

     And this vivacious young lady, who balances her head while talking, and whose fan propels air with the grace and liveliness of a bird wing, who is she?

Old Czech

Pronunciation

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

Noun

birda m pers

1. warrant officer, catchpole (officer assigned to collect debts, etc.)

Declension

Declension of birda (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	birda	birdě	birdy
genitive	birdy	birdú	bird
dative	birdě	birdama	birdám
accusative	birdu	birdě	birdy
vocative	birdo	birdě	birdy
locative	birdě	birdú	birdách
instrumental	birdú	birdama	birdami

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

Further reading

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