bydľa

Old Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish bydło. First attested in 1776.

Noun

bydľa n

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

Further reading

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “bydľa”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC