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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *glupostь. Equivalent to глу́пый (glúpyj, “silly, stupid, foolish; inane”) + -ость (-ostʹ, “-ness, -ity”).
Pronunciation
Noun
глу́пость • (glúpostʹ) f inan (genitive глу́пости, nominative plural глу́пости, genitive plural глу́постей)
- stupidity, foolishness, foolery, nonsense (quality of being stupid)
- Synonyms: ту́пость (túpostʹ), идиоти́зм (idiotízm), слабоу́мие (slaboúmije); бред (bred), чушь (čušʹ), чепуха́ (čepuxá), бессмы́слица (bessmýslica)
Declension
- благоглупость (blagoglupostʹ), глупе́ц (glupéc), глупы́ш (glupýš), глупышка (glupyška), оглупление (ogluplenije)
- глупейший (glupejšij), глупенький (glupenʹkij), глупова́тый (glupovátyj), глу́пый (glúpyj), неглу́пый (neglúpyj)
- глупеть (glupetʹ), глупить (glupitʹ), наглупить (naglupitʹ), оглупеть (oglupetʹ), оглупить (oglupitʹ), оглуплять (oglupljatʹ), поглупеть (poglupetʹ), поглупить (poglupitʹ), сглупить (sglupitʹ)
- глу́по (glúpo), сглупа (sglupa)