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3.1.14 b-d Dirty, bad; sale, mauvais

Kurdishbadbad, evil
Iranbadbad
Engl.badnot good; having an evil character (OE baeddel, baedling "womanish man" are derived from bad)
Engl. bedlam(arch.) an insane asylum; a scene of wild uproar (the etymology "from Bethleem" offers no explanation)
Engl.budzatevil fellow
Engl.budmashworthless fellow
Gael.I.beudachevil
Arabicbadi`dirty
Arabicbàdiadesert: barren, bad
Gallegobedrowaste land
ArabicbadawinBedouin, inhabitant of the desert (considered boorish, little appreciated by the Arabs). Perhaps borrowed from French; the root b-d is mostly I-E
Franç.bédouin(from French) Bedouin; sense originally wider (see below)
Franç.: NEbédouinsurnom donné aux partisans du roi de Prusse (peu appréciés)
Ital.: Abruz.bbëdujimëpersonna razza, selvatica, cattiva (Giammarco)
Franç.: VSbedjuiles habitants du village de montagne d'Isérables, considérés par les gens de la plaine comme des personnes peu raffinées
Alb.bedevëBedouin
Franç.: Lim.badefugly, dirty, FEW 23: 190
Franç.: NEbedrognurevery bad meat, carrion
Franç.badaudfoolish, clot; more recently "gawper"
Franç.bedierignorant
Franç.: VDbedanclot; clumsy
Franç.: VDbedâto miss
Ital.sbadétonegligence
Lettishbèdworry
Czechbídamisfortune
Czechbêdaalas!, woe!
Alb.beditem (I)I bother him
Engl.botherto annoy, pester ("origin obscure")

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