простак

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Bulgarian

Etymology

прост (prost, simple) +‎ -ак (-ak)

Pronunciation

Noun

проста́к (prostákm (feminine проста́чка)

  1. simpleton, oaf, boor

Declension

References

  • простак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • простак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Noun

простак (prostakm (feminine простачка, relational adjective простачки)

  1. simpleton, oaf, boor

Declension

Declension of простак
singular plural
indefinite простак (prostak) простаци (prostaci)
definite unspecified простакот (prostakot) простаците (prostacite)
definite proximal простаков (prostakov) простациве (prostacive)
definite distal простакон (prostakon) простацине (prostacine)
vocative простаку (prostaku) простаци (prostaci)
count form простака (prostaka)

Russian

Etymology

From просто́й (prostój) +‎ -ак (-ak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: прос‧так
  • Rhymes: -ak

Noun

проста́к (prostákm anim (genitive простака́, nominative plural простаки́, genitive plural простако́в, feminine просту́шка)

  1. simpleton (simple person lacking common sense)
    • 2004, Alexander Zinoviev, Suprasociety ahead, page 191‒192:
      Де́лается э́то для одура́чивания простако́в из неза́падных стран с це́лью внуши́ть им, бу́дто доста́точно ликвиди́ровать их «отста́лую» экономи́ческую систе́му и ввести́ на её ме́сто «передову́ю» ры́ночную эконо́мику в том ви́де, как её изобража́ет идеоло́гия и пропага́нда, как в стране́ начнётся экономи́ческое процвета́ние.
      Délajetsja éto dlja oduráčivanija prostakóv iz nezápadnyx stran s célʹju vnušítʹ im, búdto dostátočno likvidírovatʹ ix «otstáluju» ekonomíčeskuju sistému i vvestí na jejó mésto «peredovúju» rýnočnuju ekonómiku v tom víde, kak jejó izobražájet ideológija i propagánda, kak v strané načnjótsja ekonomíčeskoje procvetánije.
      This is done to fool simpletons from non-Western countries in order to inspire them that it is enough to eliminate their “backward” economic system and introduce in its place an “advanced” market economy in the form that ideology and propaganda depict it, as economic prosperity will begin in the country.

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

простак m (Latin spelling prostak)

  1. rude person