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Latvian
Etymology
From debils (“mentally retarded”) + -itāte. Probably not formed in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from some other European language.
Pronunciation
Noun
debilitāte f (5th declension)
- (mental) debility, mental retardation
- debilitāte izpaužas nelielā intelekutālā aprobežotībā ― mental retardation expresses itself as (lit. in) slight intellectual limitations
- vispār idiotija, debilitāte un imbecilitāte ir gan medicīniskie termini: tās ir oligofrēnijas dažādas formas ― in general, idiocy, (mental) debility and imbecility are medical terms: they are various forms of oligophrenia
Declension
Declension of debilitāte (5th declension)
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