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tâmpit
stupid /tɨmˈpit/
adjective#3576 most common
Also: idiot, dumb, moron
Example sentences
El este tâmpit.
He is stupid.
Nu fi tâmpit!
Don't be stupid!
A spus ceva tâmpit la întâlnire.
He said something stupid at the meeting.
Taci din gură, tâmpitule, că nu știi despre ce vorbești!
Shut up, you idiot, you don't know what you're talking about!
Ideea ei nu era deloc tâmpită, doar că nimeni n-a înțeles-o atunci.
Her idea wasn't stupid at all, it's just that nobody understood it at the time.
Deși mulți l-au considerat tâmpit pentru decizia luată, timpul i-a dat dreptate.
Although many considered him a fool for the decision he made, time proved him right.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tâmpit | tâmpiți |
| Genitive | tâmpitului | tâmpiților |
| Accusative | tâmpit | tâmpiți |
| Vocative | tâmpitule | tâmpiților |
Word family
a (se) tâmpito become dull or stupefied
tâmpenienonsense, stupidity, a stupid thing
tâmpealăa daze, a stupor, dimwittedness
tâmpblunt (of a blade); dull-witted
Etymology
Tâmpit is the past participle of the verb a (se) tâmpi, meaning to become dull or numbed, used here as an adjective. The root tâmp entered Romanian from Slavic and originally described a blade that had lost its edge. Over time the sense of physical dullness shifted to mean mental dullness, and tâmpit came to mean stupid or dim-witted. No Latin root is documented for this word family.
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