идиот
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian идио́т (idiót), in turn from either French idiot or German Idiot, from Latin idiota, which finally from Ancient Greek ῐ̓δῐώτης (idiṓtēs, “private person, plebeian”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [idiˈɔt]
Audio (file)
Noun
идио́т • (idiót) m (feminine идио́тка, relational adjective идио́тски or идиоти́чески)
- idiot
- Synonyms: глупа́к (glupák), глупе́ц (glupéc), тъпа́к (tǎpák), малоу́мник (maloúmnik), олигофре́н (oligofrén)
Declension
Derived terms
- видиотя́вам (vidiotjávam), видиотя́ (vidiotjá)
- идиотизи́рам (idiotizíram)
- идиоти́зъм (idiotízǎm)
- идиоти́я (idiotíja)
- идио́тство (idiótstvo)
- идио́тщина (idiótština)
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [idiˈɔt]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: и‧ди‧от
Noun
идио́т • (idiót) m (plural идио́ти, related adjective идио́тски, feminine идио́тка, diminutive идио́тче)
- idiot
- Synonyms: мало́умник (malóumnik), глу́пак (glúpak), бу́дала (búdala)
Declension
References
- “идиот” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
Russian
Alternative forms
- идіо́тъ (idiót) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
First attested in 1803. Borrowed from Latin idiōta via French idiot or German Idiot, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “a private citizen, one who has no professional knowledge, layman”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɪdʲɪˈot]
Audio (file)
Noun
идио́т • (idiót) m anim (genitive идио́та, nominative plural идио́ты, genitive plural идио́тов, feminine идио́тка)
Declension
Related terms
- идио́тка (idiótka), идиоти́зм (idiotízm), идиотия (idiotija)
- идио́тский (idiótskij), идиотический (idiotičeskij)
- идиотски (idiotski)
Descendants
- → Bulgarian: идио́т (idiót)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “идиот”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “идиот”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 336
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “идиот”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 13
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “a private citizen, one who has no professional knowledge, layman”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /idǐot/
- Hyphenation: и‧ди‧от