debils
See also: dèbils
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately borrowed from Latin dēbilis (“weak; lame”), via some other European language.
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
debils (definite debilais, comparative debilāks, superlative visdebilākais, adverb debili)
- moron, mentally retarded (having impaired mental development)
- debils bērns ― mentally retarded child
- Itālijā skolotāja liek skolniekam rakstīt, ka viņš ir debils ― in Italy a teacher made a schoolboy write that he was mentally retarded
- (colloquial, offensive) moronic, stupid, foolish
- Andris Kivičs nosauc Uldi Rudaku par debilu ― Andris Kivičs called Uldis Rudaks a moron
- debils jautājums ― stupid, moronic question
- tas ir vecs un debils stereotips ― this is an old, stupid stereotype
Usage notes edit
In its colloquial uses, perhaps under the influence of the pronunciation of Russian деби́л (debíl, “moron”), this term is often misspelled as debīls, with a long ī.
Declension edit
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of debils
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | debils | debili | debila | debilas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | debilu | debilus | debilu | debilas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | debila | debilu | debilas | debilu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | debilam | debiliem | debilai | debilām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | debilu | debiliem | debilu | debilām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | debilā | debilos | debilā | debilās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
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