абдал

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ابدال (abdal, aptal) (whence Turkish aptal, abdal), from Arabic اَبْدَال (abdāl), plural of بَدَل (badal, “a substitute”), from بَدَلَ (badala, “to replace”). Doublet of будала́ (budalá).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɐbˈdaɫ]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɫ

Noun

абда́л • (abdál) m

  1. (low colloquial) fool, idiot, simpleton
    Synonyms: глупа́к (glupák), глупе́ц (glupéc), тъпа́к (tǎpák), идио́т (idiót), малоу́мник (maloúmnik)

Declension
Declension of абда́л
singular plural
indefinite абда́л
abdál		 абда́ли
abdáli
definite
(subject form)		 абда́лът
abdálǎt		 абда́лите
abdálite
definite
(object form)		 абда́ла
abdála
vocative form абда́ле
abdále		 абда́ли
abdáli

References
  • “абдал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “абдал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • “абдал”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 15

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ابدال (abdal, aptal) (whence Turkish aptal, abdal), from Arabic اَبْدَال (abdāl), plural of بَدَل (badal, “a substitute”), from بَدَلَ (badala, “to replace”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈabdaɫ]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: аб‧дал

Noun

абдал • (abdal) m (plural абдали, diminutive абдалче, augmentative абдалиште)

  1. fool, idiot, simpleton

Declension
Declension of абдал
singular plural
indefinite абдал абдали
definite unspecified абдалот абдалите
definite proximal абдалов абдаливе
definite distal абдалон абдалине
vocative абдалу абдали
count form — абдала

Synonyms

References
  • Belčev, Tole (2016) “абдал”, in Речник на турцизми, архаизми, дијалектизми и ретко употребувани зборови во македонскиот јазик [Dictionary of Turkisms, Archaisms, Dialectisms and Rarely Used Words in the Macedonian Language]‎ (in Macedonian), Štip: UGD, →ISBN, page 14

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ابدال (abdal, aptal, “pauper, Dervish”), whence Turkish aptal (“idiot”); see for more.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɐbˈdaɫ]

Noun

абда́л • (abdál) m inan (genitive абда́ла, uncountable)

  1. Abdal (a sect of Persian monks)

Declension
Declension of абда́л (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular
nominative абда́л
abdál
genitive абда́ла
abdála
dative абда́лу
abdálu
accusative абда́л
abdál
instrumental абда́лом
abdálom
prepositional абда́ле
abdále

Noun

абда́л • (abdál) m anim (genitive абда́ла, nominative plural абда́лы, genitive plural абда́лов)

  1. (dialectal) a fraud, crook
    Synonyms: обма́нщик (obmánščik), оба́им (obáim)

Declension
Declension of абда́л (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative абда́л
abdál		 абда́лы
abdály
genitive абда́ла
abdála		 абда́лов
abdálov
dative абда́лу
abdálu		 абда́лам
abdálam
accusative абда́ла
abdála		 абда́лов
abdálov
instrumental абда́лом
abdálom		 абда́лами
abdálami
prepositional абда́ле
abdále		 абда́лах
abdálax

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ابدال (abdal, aptal) (whence Turkish aptal, abdal), from Arabic اَبْدَال (abdāl), plural of بَدَل (badal, “a substitute”), from بَدَلَ (badala, “to replace”).

Noun

абдал m (Latin spelling abdal)

  1. fool, idiot
  2. naïf
  3. simpleton

Synonyms
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