debil

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See also: débil, dèbil, and dębił

Albanian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin debilis (“weak, frail, feeble”).

Noun

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debil m

  1. moron, idiot

Chavacano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Spanish débil (“weak”).

Adjective

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debil

  1. weak

Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin debilis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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debil m anim

  1. (offensive) a moron (disliked person), a dumb person
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hlupák
  2. (dated, medicine) mentally ill person

Declension

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Declension of debil (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative debil debilové
genitive debila debilů
dative debilovi, debilu debilům
accusative debila debily
vocative debile debilové
locative debilovi, debilu debilech
instrumental debilem debily
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Further reading

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  • “debil”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “debil”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “debil”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin debilis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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debil

  1. moronic

Inflection

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Inflection of debil
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular debil — —2
Indefinite neuter singular debilt — —2
Plural debile — —2
Definite attributive1 debile — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin debilis.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /deˈbiːl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːl
  • Hyphenation: de‧bil

Adjective

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debil (strong nominative masculine singular debiler, comparative debiler, superlative am debilsten)

  1. (dated, now offensive) slightly mentally challenged; slightly retarded; moron

Declension

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Positive forms of debil
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist debil sie ist debil es ist debil sie sind debil
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative debiler debile debiles debile
genitive debilen debiler debilen debiler
dative debilem debiler debilem debilen
accusative debilen debile debiles debile
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der debile die debile das debile die debilen
genitive des debilen der debilen des debilen der debilen
dative dem debilen der debilen dem debilen den debilen
accusative den debilen die debile das debile die debilen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein debiler eine debile ein debiles (keine) debilen
genitive eines debilen einer debilen eines debilen (keiner) debilen
dative einem debilen einer debilen einem debilen (keinen) debilen
accusative einen debilen eine debile ein debiles (keine) debilen
Comparative forms of debil
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist debiler sie ist debiler es ist debiler sie sind debiler
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative debilerer debilere debileres debilere
genitive debileren debilerer debileren debilerer
dative debilerem debilerer debilerem debileren
accusative debileren debilere debileres debilere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der debilere die debilere das debilere die debileren
genitive des debileren der debileren des debileren der debileren
dative dem debileren der debileren dem debileren den debileren
accusative den debileren die debilere das debilere die debileren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein debilerer eine debilere ein debileres (keine) debileren
genitive eines debileren einer debileren eines debileren (keiner) debileren
dative einem debileren einer debileren einem debileren (keinen) debileren
accusative einen debileren eine debilere ein debileres (keine) debileren
Superlative forms of debil
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am debilsten sie ist am debilsten es ist am debilsten sie sind am debilsten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative debilster debilste debilstes debilste
genitive debilsten debilster debilsten debilster
dative debilstem debilster debilstem debilsten
accusative debilsten debilste debilstes debilste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der debilste die debilste das debilste die debilsten
genitive des debilsten der debilsten des debilsten der debilsten
dative dem debilsten der debilsten dem debilsten den debilsten
accusative den debilsten die debilste das debilste die debilsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein debilster eine debilste ein debilstes (keine) debilsten
genitive eines debilsten einer debilsten eines debilsten (keiner) debilsten
dative einem debilsten einer debilsten einem debilsten (keinen) debilsten
accusative einen debilsten eine debilste ein debilstes (keine) debilsten

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “debil” in Duden online
  • “debil” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “debil” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin dēbilis. Attested from the 13th century.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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debil m (feminine singular debila, masculine plural debils, feminine plural debilas)

  1. weak
    Synonym: feble
    Antonym: fòrt
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References

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  1. ^ Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 179.

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin debilis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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debil m pers (female equivalent debilka)

  1. (derogatory) a moron
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:głupiec
  2. (obsolete, pathology) person with slight mental retardation

Declension

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Declension of debil
singular plural
nominative debil debile
genitive debila debili/debilów
dative debilowi debilom
accusative debila debili/debilów
instrumental debilem debilami
locative debilu debilach
vocative debilu debile

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • debil in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • debil in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French débile, from Latin debilis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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debil m or n (feminine singular debilă, masculine plural debili, feminine and neuter plural debile)

  1. stupid

Declension

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Declension of debil
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite debil debilă debili debile
definite debilul debila debilii debilele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite debil debile debili debile
definite debilului debilei debililor debilelor

Serbo-Croatian

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Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin debilis.

Noun

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dèbīl m (Cyrillic spelling дѐбӣл)

  1. (pathology, obsolete) person with slight mental retardation
  2. (derogatory) a moron, jerk

Usage notes

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In obsolete medical usage, "debil" denoted the mildest level of developmental disability. More severe levels were denoted by the words imbecil and idiot.

Declension

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Declension of debil
singular plural
nominative debil debili
genitive debila debila
dative debilu debilima
accusative debila debile
vocative debile debili
locative debilu debilima
instrumental debilom debilima

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “debil”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin debilis. Used since the 1920s.

Adjective

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debil (not comparable)

  1. moronic, slightly mentally challenged

Declension

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Inflection of debil
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular debil — —
Neuter singular debilt — —
Plural debila — —
Masculine plural3 debile — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 debile — —
All debila — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Synonyms

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References

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French débil.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /deˈbil/
  • Hyphenation: de‧bil

Adjective

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debil (medicine)

  1. physically and mentally weak

Declension

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predicative forms of debil
present tense
positive,
declarative 		positive,
interrogative 		negative,
declarative 		negative,
interrogative
ben (I am) debilim debil miyim? debil değilim debil değil miyim?
sen (you are) debilsin debil misin? debil değilsin debil değil misin?
o (he/she/it is) debil / debildir debil mi? debil değil debil değil mi?
biz (we are) debiliz debil miyiz? debil değiliz debil değil miyiz?
siz (you are) debilsiniz debil misiniz? debil değilsiniz debil değil misiniz?
onlar (they are) debil(ler) debil(ler) mi? debil değil(ler) debil değiller mi?
past tense
positive,
declarative 		positive,
interrogative 		negative,
declarative 		negative,
interrogative
ben (I was) debildim debil miydim? debil değildim debil değil miydim?
sen (you were) debildin debil miydin? debil değildin debil değil miydin?
o (he/she/it was) debildi debil miydi? debil değildi debil değil miydi?
biz (we were) debildik debil miydik? debil değildik debil değil miydik?
siz (you were) debildiniz debil miydiniz? debil değildiniz debil değil miydiniz?
onlar (they were) debildiler debil miydiler? debil değildi(ler) / değillerdi debil değil miydiler?
indirect past
positive,
declarative 		positive,
interrogative 		negative,
declarative 		negative,
interrogative
ben (I was) debilmişim debil miymişim? debil değilmişim debil değil miymişim?
sen (you were) debilmişsin debil miymişsin? debil değilmişsin debil değil miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was) debilmiş debil miymiş? debil değilmiş debil değil miymiş?
biz (we were) debilmişiz debil miymişiz? debil değilmişiz debil değil miymişiz?
siz (you were) debilmişsiniz debil miymişsiniz? debil değilmişsiniz debil değil miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were) debilmişler debil miymişler? debil değilmiş(ler) / değillermiş debil değil miymişler?
conditional
positive,
declarative 		positive,
interrogative 		negative,
declarative 		negative,
interrogative
ben (if I) debilsem debil miysem? debil değilsem debil değil miysem?
sen (if you) debilsen debil miysen? debil değilsen debil değil miysen?
o (if he/she/it) debilse debil miyse? debil değilse debil değil miyse?
biz (if we) debilsek debil miysek? debil değilsek debil değil miysek?
siz (if you) debilseniz debil miyseniz? debil değilseniz debil değil miyseniz?
onlar (if they) debilseler debil miyseler? debil değilseler / değillerse debil değil miyseler?

Derived terms

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Further reading

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