blb

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *b’lb’, 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 (feminine blbka)

(vulgar) wally (stupid person)
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hlupák

Declension

Declension of blb

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

Related terms

blbost
blbý
blbnout, zblbnout