bloodshed

English

Alternative forms

bloudshed (obsolete)

Etymology

From attested early forms of such phrases as "there was much blood shed"; equivalent to blood +‎ shed, past participle of shed.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈblʌdˌʃɛd/
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Noun

bloodshed (usually uncountable, plural bloodsheds)

(literally) The shedding or spilling of blood.
A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale.
(obsolete) The shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ.
(obsolete) A bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye.

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Translations

shedding or spilling of blood

Arabic: سَفْك الدِّمَاء m (safk ad-dimāʔ), إِرَاقَة الدَّم f (ʔirāqat ad-dam)
Armenian: արյունահեղություն (hy) (aryunaheġutʻyun)
Azerbaijani: qantökmə
Belarusian: кровапралі́цце n (krovapralíccje)
Bulgarian: кръвопроли́тие (bg) n (krǎvoprolítie)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 流血 (zh) (liúxuè, liúxuě, liúxiě)
Czech: krveprolití n, krveprolévání n
Dutch: bloedbad (nl) n, bloedvergieten (nl) n
Estonian: verevalamine
Finnish: verenvuodatus
French: effusion de sang f
Galician: derramamento de sangue m
Georgian: სისხლისღვრა (sisxlisɣvra)
German: Blutvergießen (de) n, Blutbad (de) n
Greek: αιματοχυσία (el) f (aimatochysía)
Ancient: αἱματεκχυσία f (haimatekkhusía)
Hebrew: שְפִיכוּת דָמִים (he) f (shfikhut damim)
Hindi: खूनखराबा m (khūnakhrābā), खुनखराबा (hi) m (khunakhrābā), सफ्क (hi) m (saphk), हिंसन (hi) m (hinsan), हिंसा (hi) f (hinsā), रक्तपात (hi) m (raktapāt), मारकाट (hi) f (mārkāṭ)
Hungarian: vérontás (hu)
Irish: doirteadh fola m
Italian: spargimento di sangue
Japanese: 流血 (ja) (りゅうけつ, ryūketsu)
Korean: 유혈(流血) (ko) (yuhyeol), 류혈(流血) (ko) (ryuhyeol) (North Korea)
Kyrgyz: кан төгүү n (kan tögüü)
Lithuanian: kraujo praliejimas
Macedonian: крвопролевање n (krvoprolevanje)
Malay: pertumpahan darah
Old English: blōdgyte m
Persian: خونریزی (fa) (xunrêzi)
Polish: rozlew krwi m
Portuguese: derramamento de sangue m
Russian: кровопроли́тие (ru) n (krovoprolítije)
Scottish Gaelic: dòrtadh-fala m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: крвопролиће n

Roman: krvoproliće n
Slovak: krvipreliatie n, krviprelievanie n
Slovene: prelivanje krvi n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: kšejpśelaśe n
Spanish: derramamiento de sangre m, derrame de sangre m, hechos de sangre m pl
Swahili: umwagaji damu
Swedish: blodsutgjutelse (sv) c, blodspillan (sv) c
Tajik: хунрезӣ (xunrezī)
Ukrainian: кровопроли́ття n (krovoprolýttja)
Uzbek: xunrezlik (uz)
Vietnamese: sự đổ máu
Welsh: tywallt gwaed m

carnage, destruction of life, slaughter

Arabic: سَفْك الدِّمَاء m (safk ad-dimāʔ)
Armenian: արյունահեղություն (hy) (aryunaheġutʻyun)
Azerbaijani: qantökmə, qırğın
Bulgarian: клане (bg) n (klane)
Czech: krveprolití n
Dutch: bloedbad (nl) n, bloedvergieten (nl) n, slachting (nl)
Estonian: veresaun (et), verevalamine
Finnish: verenvuodatus, verilöyly (fi)
French: carnage (fr) m
Georgian: სისხლისღვრა (sisxlisɣvra)
German: Blutvergießen (de) n, Blutbad (de) n
Greek: αιματοκύλισμα (el) n (aimatokýlisma)
Ancient: αἱματεκχυσία f (haimatekkhusía)
Hindi: खूनखराबा m (khūnakhrābā), खुनखराबा (hi) m (khunakhrābā), सफ्क (hi) m (saphk), हिंसन (hi) m (hinsan), हिंसा (hi) f (hinsā), रक्तपात (hi) m (raktapāt), मारकाट (hi) f (mārkāṭ)
Hungarian: vérontás (hu)
Italian: ecatombe (it), carneficina (it)
Maori: tārukenga
Middle English: larder
Ottoman Turkish: قان (kan)
Polish: przelew krwi m, rozlew krwi (pl) m
Portuguese: carnificina (pt) f, massacre (pt) m
Russian: кровопроли́тие (ru) n (krovoprolítije), резня́ (ru) f (reznjá)
Scottish Gaelic: dòrtadh-fala m
Spanish: matanza (es) f, carnicería (es) f
Swahili: umwagaji damu
Swedish: blodsutgjutelse (sv) c, blodspillan (sv) c

shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ

Dutch: bloedoffer n
Finnish: verenvuodatus (general), veriuhri (death of Christ)

bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye

Finnish: verestys (fi)
Irish: sreangshúil f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} שפיכות דמים (he) f (shfikhut damim)
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} krvoproliće n
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} krvoprolíće n
Sindhi: ^{(please verify)} رتوڇاڻ (sd) m (rattochhaann)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} derramamiento de sangre m

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bloodshed”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

shed blood

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[1] Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bloodshed”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.