dumb

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , from.

The senses of stupid, unintellectual, and pointless, which are found regularly since the 19th century only, probably developed under the influence of and. Just like the English word, these originally meant "lacking the power of speech", but they developed the mentioned senses early on.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. See also.

Adjective

 * 1)  Unable to speak; lacking power of speech (kept in "deaf, dumb, and blind").
 * 2)  Not talkative; taciturn or unwilling to speak.
 * 3)  Having no input or voice in running things.
 * 4)  Unaccompanied by words or speech, silent, wordless.
 * 5)  Not producing any sound, silent.
 * 6)  Stupid.
 * 7)  Pointless, foolish, lacking intellectual content or value.
 * 8) Lacking some functionality or property ordinarily characteristic of its kind.
 * 9)   Not equipped with intelligent behavior or processing capabilities of its own.
 * 10)  Lacking brightness or clearness as a colour; dim, dull.
 * 1)  Unaccompanied by words or speech, silent, wordless.
 * 2)  Not producing any sound, silent.
 * 3)  Stupid.
 * 4)  Pointless, foolish, lacking intellectual content or value.
 * 5) Lacking some functionality or property ordinarily characteristic of its kind.
 * 6)   Not equipped with intelligent behavior or processing capabilities of its own.
 * 7)  Lacking brightness or clearness as a colour; dim, dull.
 * 1)  Stupid.
 * 2)  Pointless, foolish, lacking intellectual content or value.
 * 3) Lacking some functionality or property ordinarily characteristic of its kind.
 * 4)   Not equipped with intelligent behavior or processing capabilities of its own.
 * 5)  Lacking brightness or clearness as a colour; dim, dull.
 * 1) Lacking some functionality or property ordinarily characteristic of its kind.
 * 2)   Not equipped with intelligent behavior or processing capabilities of its own.
 * 3)  Lacking brightness or clearness as a colour; dim, dull.
 * 1) Lacking some functionality or property ordinarily characteristic of its kind.
 * 2)   Not equipped with intelligent behavior or processing capabilities of its own.
 * 3)  Lacking brightness or clearness as a colour; dim, dull.
 * 1)  Lacking brightness or clearness as a colour; dim, dull.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: غَبِيّ
 * Egyptian Arabic: غشيم, احمق
 * Belarusian: дурны
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:, åndssvag
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, , , ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: μωρός
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Javanese: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: بێعەقڵ
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Latin: stupidus,, blennus
 * Lithuanian: durnas, kvailas
 * Low German:
 * Ottoman Turkish: بوك
 * Persian:, ,
 * Plautdietsch: frekjt
 * Polish:, , , , , debilny
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sanskrit:, , , , ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Sundanese: belegug
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Walloon:, ,
 * Zazaki: xint


 * Danish:, fordummende, åndssvag
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 実のない
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: بێمەعنا
 * Latin: supervacuus
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: dum
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,


 * Albanian:
 * Korean: (1),  (2,3)
 * Romanian:
 * Sardinian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Telugu: (1)

Etymology 2
From, from (more commonly in compound ), from , , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To silence.
 * 2)  To make stupid.
 * 3)  To represent as stupid.
 * 4)  To reduce the intellectual demands of.
 * 1)  To represent as stupid.
 * 2)  To reduce the intellectual demands of.
 * 1)  To reduce the intellectual demands of.
 * 1)  To reduce the intellectual demands of.

Etymology 3
A of.

Adverb

 * 1)   Very, extremely.

Adjective

 * 1)  ; damn, damned.

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) Lacking or failing to display the faculty of voice:
 * 2) Unspeaking; unable to speak or having muteness.
 * 3)  A mute; one who can't speak.
 * 4) Temporarily unable to speak due to strong emotions.
 * 5) Unwilling or reluctant to speak; not speaking.
 * 6) Powerless, ineffectual either inherently or due to events
 * 7) Unknowledgeable; having no understanding or sense.
 * 8)  Unwilling or unable to make a noise; quiet or silent.
 * 9)  Unrevealing, useless; having no important messages or lessons.
 * 10)  Having nothing to keep one busy or engaged.
 * 11)  Refusing to preach or evangelise.
 * 12)  Refusing to be conceited or vainglorious.

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) mute,  (unable to speak)
 * 2)  a mute
 * 3) * c. 990, , Luke 11:14
 * "ang"

- Þā hē ūt ādrāf þā dēofolsēocnesse, þā spræc se dumba.