English

Noun

bridi ‎(plural bridi)

1. (Lojban grammar) The simplest kind of Lojban sentence, consisting of a selbri and some sumti, which fill in places in the selbri's "place structure". (More complex sentences can be formed by combining two (or more) bridi with conjunctions.)

Meronyms

• selbri
• sumti

Lojban

Etymology

In Lojbanized spelling.

• Chinese: binsi — 賓詞/宾词 (bīn cí)
• English: predakit — predicate
• Hindi: videi — विधेय (vidheya)
• Spanish: predikad — predicado
• Russian: pridikat — предикат (predikat)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbridi/

Gismu

bridi ‎(rafsi bri)

1. (grammar) predicative sentence, predicate relationship, predication; x₁ is a predicative sentence with selbri (relation) x₂ and sumti (arguments) x₃

Usage notes

• A bridi is basically the Lojban equivalent of a simple sentence (atomic formula). It corresponds to what in predicate calculus would be a predicate whose parameters are filled in with arguments, turning it into a proposition/predication.

Meronyms

• selbri
• sumti

Related terms

• jufra
• sumti
• fancu
• broda, brode, brodi, brodo, brodu