абдал

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BulgarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish ابدال‏ (abdal, aptal) (whence Turkish aptal, abdal), from Arabic اَبْدَال‏ (abdāl), plural of بَدَل‏ (badal, “a substitute”), from بَدَلَ‏ (badala, “to replace”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /əbˈdal/

NounEdit

абда́л • (abdál) m

1. fool, idiot, simpleton

InflectionEdit

Inflection of абдал

	singular	plural
indefinite	абдал	абдали
definite (subject form)	абдалът	абдалите
definite (object form)	абдала
count form	—	абдала
vocative form	абдале	абдали

SynonymsEdit

• глупак (glupak)
• глупец (glupec)
• тъпак (tǎpak)
• идиот (idiot)
• малоумник (maloumnik)

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MacedonianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish ابدال‏ (abdal, aptal) (whence Turkish aptal, abdal), from Arabic اَبْدَال‏ (abdāl), plural of بَدَل‏ (badal, “a substitute”), from بَدَلَ‏ (badala, “to replace”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈabdaɫ/

NounEdit

абдал • (abdal) m

1. fool, idiot

SynonymsEdit

• будала (budala)
• глупак (glupak)

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RussianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish ابدال‏ (abdal, aptal, “pauper, Dervish”), whence Turkish aptal (“idiot”); see for more.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ɐbˈdal]

NounEdit

абда́л • (abdál) m inan (genitive абда́ла, uncountable)

1. Abdal (a sect of Persian monks)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of абда́л (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	абда́л abdál
genitive	абда́ла abdála
dative	абда́лу abdálu
accusative	абда́л abdál
instrumental	абда́лом abdálom
prepositional	абда́ле abdále

NounEdit

абда́л • (abdál) m anim (genitive абда́ла, nominative plural абда́лы, genitive plural абда́лов)

1. (dialectal) a fraud, crook

DeclensionEdit

Declension of абда́л (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	абда́л abdál	абда́лы abdály
genitive	абда́ла abdála	абда́лов abdálov
dative	абда́лу abdálu	абда́лам abdálam
accusative	абда́ла abdála	абда́лов abdálov
instrumental	абда́лом abdálom	абда́лами abdálami
prepositional	абда́ле abdále	абда́лах abdálax

SynonymsEdit

• (fraud, crook): обма́нщик (obmánščik), оба́им (obáim)

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish ابدال‏ (abdal, aptal) (whence Turkish aptal, abdal), from Arabic اَبْدَال‏ (abdāl), plural of بَدَل‏ (badal, “a substitute”), from بَدَلَ‏ (badala, “to replace”).

NounEdit

абдал m (Latin spelling abdal)

1. fool, idiot
2. naïf
3. simpleton

SynonymsEdit

• будала
• глупак
• наивчина