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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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Further reading

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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
indefinite 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.

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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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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:
Wikipedia pl

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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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), 2006–2025

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 superlative1
common singular debil
neuter singular debilt
plural debila
masculine plural2 debile
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 debile
all debila

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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
ben (I am) debilim debil miyim?
sen (you are) debilsin debil misin?
o (he/she/it is) debil / debildir debil mi?
biz (we are) debiliz debil miyiz?
siz (you are) debilsiniz debil misiniz?
onlar (they are) debil(ler) debil(ler) mi?
past tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) debildim debil miydim?
sen (you were) debildin debil miydin?
o (he/she/it was) debildi debil miydi?
biz (we were) debildik debil miydik?
siz (you were) debildiniz debil miydiniz?
onlar (they were) debildiler debil miydiler?
indirect past
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) debilmişim debil miymişim?
sen (you were) debilmişsin debil miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was) debilmiş debil miymiş?
biz (we were) debilmişiz debil miymişiz?
siz (you were) debilmişsiniz debil miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were) debilmişler debil miymişler?
conditional
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (if I) debilsem debil miysem?
sen (if you) debilsen debil miysen?
o (if he/she/it) debilse debil miyse?
biz (if we) debilsek debil miysek?
siz (if you) debilseniz debil miyseniz?
onlar (if they) debilseler debil miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Derived terms

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