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goreder

a word from vocabulary Selice Romani by Viktor Elšík

Word form	goreder
LWT meaning(s)	worse
Czech translation	horší
Hungarian translation	rosszabb
Grammatical info	The word gor-eder ‘worse’ is a suppletive comparative form of the adjective erďavo ‘bad; evil; wrong’. The regular comparative form of this adjective, erďav-eder, has the meaning ‘more evil’.
Analyzability	semi-analyzable
Age	South Slavic L2 [9] (1300–1750)
Boretzky & Igla's etymology	101: Bugurdži, Kalderaš gore (adverb) < Serbian-Croatian gore
Mānušs et al. etymology	no entry
Vekerdi's etymology	no entry

Borrowed status	1. clearly borrowed
Comments	The word-form gor-eder ‘worse’ is not a borrowing from South Slavic in its integrity, as it contains the pre-South Slavic (probably Iranian-origin) comparative suffix -eder. However, since there is no independent borrowing of the South Slavic comparative root gor-, the comparative suffix functions also as an adaptation marker, and the whole word-form may be considered to be a loanword (rather than a word created on loan basis).
Source words	gòr-ī 'worse [adjective]' Croatian (uncertain) gòr-ī 'worse [adjective]' Serbian (uncertain)
Effect	No information
Salience	No information
Contact situation	South Slavic bilingualism [9]