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idiots
idiots
See also: IDiots
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.djo/
- Homophone: idiot
Adjective
idiots
- masculine plural of idiot
Noun
idiots m
- masculine plural of idiot
Latvian
Etymology
Via other European languages, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “a private citizen, one who has no professional knowledge, layman”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “one's own, pertaining to oneself, private”); ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs) was used derisively in ancient Athens to refer to one who declined to take part in public life.
Pronunciation
Noun
idiots m (1st declension, feminine form: idiote)
- (male) idiot (person with extremely serious problems in their mental development)
- idiots kopš bernības ― idiot from birth
- (colloquial) (male) fool, stupid man
- Jānis nosauca viņu par idiotu un pēc tam divas dienas nerunāja ne vārda ― Jānis called him an idiot and after that didn't say a word for two days
- es, protams, biju idiots; man nevajadzēja šurp braukt! ― I, of course, was an idiot; I shouldn't have come here!
Declension
Declension of idiots (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | idiots | idioti |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | idiotu | idiotus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | idiota | idiotu |
| dative (datīvs) | idiotam | idiotiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | idiotu | idiotiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | idiotā | idiotos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | idiot | idioti |
Synonyms
- (of "mentally undeveloped") debils (adjective), imbecils (adjective)
- (of "fool", "stupid") duraks, muļķis, muļķadesa, nejēga, neprātis, stulbenis