blb

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъlbъ, from Proto-Indo-European *stl̥b-, an ablaut variant of *stelb (“post, pole, jamb”) (whence also stilbs, q.v.), from *stel- (“to put in a standing position, to erect; standing, immobile, stiff”) with an extra b. The semantic evolution was probably: “motionless, stiff” > “surprised, stunned” > “stupid”. Cognates include Old Irish borb (“foolish, silly”), Latvian stulbs (“stupid, dumb”) and Latin stultus (“foolish, fatuous”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbl̩p]
Hyphenation: blb

Noun

blb m anim (female equivalent blbka)

(derogatory, offensive) moron, wally (stupid person)
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hlupák

Declension

Declension of blb (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	blb	blbové
genitive	blba	blbů
dative	blbovi, blbu	blbům
accusative	blba	blby
vocative	blbe	blbové
locative	blbovi, blbu	blbech
instrumental	blbem	blby

Derived terms

blboň m anim

blb

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