blb

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 stulbs (“stupid, dumb”) and Latin stultus (“foolish, fatuous”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbl̩p]
• Hyphenation: blb

blb m anim (female equivalent blbka)

1. (derogatory, offensive) moron, wally (stupid person)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hlupák

• “blb”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “blb”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “blb”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)