чедо

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čędo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛdo]

Noun

че́до • (čédo) n

1. child, kid
2. citizen, subject, resident
3. (archaic) form of address used by elderly people towards younger people or children

   Как си, чедо?

   Kak si, čedo?

   How are you, young one?

Declension

Declension of че́до

	singular	plural
indefinite	че́до čédo	чеда́ čedá
definite	че́дото čédoto	чеда́та čedáta

Related terms

• щене́ (štené, “cub”) (dialectal)

References

• “чедо”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “чедо”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čędo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛdɔ]

Noun

чедо • (čedo) n

1. (literary) child

Declension

Declension of чедо

	singular	plural
indefinite	чедо (čedo)	чеда (čeda)
definite unspecified	чедото (čedoto)	чедата (čedata)
definite proximal	чедово (čedovo)	чедава (čedava)
definite distal	чедоно (čedono)	чедана (čedana)
vocative	чедо (čedo)	чеда (čeda)

References

• чедо in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čędo.

Noun

че̏до n (Latin spelling čȅdo)

1. child (one’s son or daughter)

Declension

Declension of чедо

	singular	plural
nominative	чедо	чеда
genitive	чеда	че̑да̄
dative	чеду	чедима
accusative	чедо	чеда
vocative	чедо	чеда
locative	чеду	чедима
instrumental	чедом	чедима