tembel

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تنبل (tenbel), from Persian تنبل (tanbal).

Pronunciation

Adjective

tembel m or n (feminine singular tembelă, masculine plural tembeli, feminine and neuter plural tembele)

  1. slacker, sluggard, slothful, indolent
  2. inert
  3. dull, stupid

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite tembel tembelă tembeli tembele
definite tembelul tembela tembelii tembelele
genitive-
dative
indefinite tembel tembele tembeli tembele
definite tembelului tembelei tembelilor tembelelor

See also

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تنبل (tenbel), from Persian تنبل (tanbal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tæmbæl/
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Adjective

tembel

  1. lazy
    Synonyms: üşengeç, üşengen

Declension

Inflection
Nominative tembel
Definite accusative tembeli
Singular Plural
Nominative tembel tembeller
Definite accusative tembeli tembelleri
Dative tembele tembellere
Locative tembelde tembellerde
Ablative tembelden tembellerden
Genitive tembelin tembellerin
  • When adjectives are declined according to the cases, they become nouns:
Tembel insanları sevmem.I do not like lazy people.
Tembelleri sevmem.I do not like lazies.