person with moderate learning difficulties · idiot, moron, imbecile
çekim: çoğul βλάκες · tamlayan βλάκα
eş: χαζός, ανόητος, κουτός, κουτορνίθι, μπούφος
zıt: έξυπνος
köken: Inherited from Ancient Greek βλάξ (bláx, “soft”) from the accusative singular τὸν (tòn) βλάκα (bláka), from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“soft, weak, tender”) (through *μλάξ [mláx] > *μβλάξ [mbláx]). Cognates include Latin mollis (“soft, mild”), Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdú, “soft, mild, weak”) and English mild.
köken: From an Old Swedish contraction of ars (cognate with English arse) + hol, hul (cognate with English hole), identical to English arsehole. First part Old Norse ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz. Cognate of English ass, German Arsch, Icelandic rass and Dutch aars.
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъlbъ, 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…
köken: Inherited from Proto-Vietic *diːt ~ *tiːt, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kt₁iit (“posterior; to break wind”). Cognate with Khmer ក្ដិត (kdət, “buttocks”). Doublet of địt.