tembel

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Romanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تنبل (tenbel), from Persian تنبل (tanbal).

Pronunciation

Adjective

tembel m or n (feminine singular tembelă, masculine plural tembeli, feminine and neuter plural tembele)

  1. slacker, sluggard, slothful, indolent
  2. inert
  3. dull, stupid

Declension

See also


Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تنبل (tenbel), from Persian تنبل (tanbal).

Adjective

tembel

  1. lazy

Declension

Inflection
Nominative tembel
Definite accusative tembeli
Singular Plural
Nominative tembel tembeller
Definite accusative tembeli tembelleri
Dative tembele tembellere
Locative tembelde tembellerde
Ablative tembelden tembellerden
Genitive tembelin tembellerin
  • When adjectives are declined according to the cases, they become nouns:
Tembel insanları sevmem.I do not like lazy people.
Tembelleri sevmem.I do not like lazies.