"dumb" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

See dumb in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *dumbaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|*dumbaz}} Proto-Germanic *dumbaz Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|adjective|comparative|*dumbiʀō|superlative|*dumbist}} *dumb (comparative *dumbiʀō, superlative *dumbist) Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-adj}} Forms: dumbiʀō [comparative], dumbist [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], dumb [masculine, nominative, singular], dumbu [feminine, nominative, singular], dumb [neuter, nominative, singular], dumbanā [accusative, masculine, singular], dumbā [accusative, feminine, singular], dumb [accusative, neuter, singular], dumbas [genitive, masculine, singular], dumbeʀā [feminine, genitive, singular], dumbas [genitive, neuter, singular], dumbumē [dative, masculine, singular], dumbeʀē [dative, feminine, singular], dumbumē [dative, neuter, singular], dumbu [instrumental, masculine, singular], dumbeʀu [feminine, instrumental, singular], dumbu [instrumental, neuter, singular], dumbē [masculine, nominative, plural], dumbō [feminine, nominative, plural], dumbu [neuter, nominative, plural], dumbā [accusative, masculine, plural], dumbā [accusative, feminine, plural], dumbu [accusative, neuter, plural], dumbeʀō [genitive, masculine, plural], dumbeʀō [feminine, genitive, plural], dumbeʀō [genitive, neuter, plural], dumbēm [dative, masculine, plural], dumbum [dative, masculine, plural], dumbēm [dative, feminine, plural], dumbum [dative, feminine, plural], dumbēm [dative, neuter, plural], dumbum [dative, neuter, plural], dumbēm [instrumental, masculine, plural], dumbum [instrumental, masculine, plural], dumbēm [feminine, instrumental, plural], dumbum [feminine, instrumental, plural], dumbēm [instrumental, neuter, plural], dumbum [instrumental, neuter, plural]
  1. dumb, mute Tags: reconstruction Synonyms: *stumm Derived forms: dumbēn
    Sense id: en-dumb-gmw-pro-adj-Nn9nAXSu Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "dumb"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: dumb\nMiddle English: dumb\nScots: dumb\nEnglish: dumb",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: dumb\nMiddle English: dumb\nScots: dumb\nEnglish: dumb"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "dumb"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: dumb",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: dumb"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frr",
            "2": "dom",
            "3": "domme"
          },
          "expansion": "North Frisian: dom, domme",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "North Frisian: dom, domme"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "dum"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: dum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: dum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "dom"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: dom",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: dom"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "dumb"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: dumb",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: dumb"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "dum"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: dum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: dum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds",
            "2": "dumm"
          },
          "expansion": "Low German: dumm",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Low German: dumm"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "dump"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: dump",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: dump"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "tumb"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: tumb\nMiddle High German: tump\nGerman: dumm (Central German), tumb (Upper German, archaic)\nHunsrik: dumm\nLuxembourgish: domm",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: tumb\nMiddle High German: tump\nGerman: dumm (Central German), tumb (Upper German, archaic)\nHunsrik: dumm\nLuxembourgish: domm"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*dumbaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *dumbaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *dumbaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dumbiʀō",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbist",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-adj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumb",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumb",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbanā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumb",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbeʀā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbumē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbeʀē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbumē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbeʀu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbeʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbeʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbeʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "comparative",
        "4": "*dumbiʀō",
        "5": "superlative",
        "6": "*dumbist"
      },
      "expansion": "*dumb (comparative *dumbiʀō, superlative *dumbist)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dumb",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "dumbēn"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dumb, mute"
      ],
      "id": "en-dumb-gmw-pro-adj-Nn9nAXSu",
      "links": [
        [
          "dumb",
          "dumb"
        ],
        [
          "mute",
          "mute"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*stumm"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dumb"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dumbēn"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "dumb"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: dumb\nMiddle English: dumb\nScots: dumb\nEnglish: dumb",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: dumb\nMiddle English: dumb\nScots: dumb\nEnglish: dumb"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "dumb"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: dumb",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: dumb"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frr",
            "2": "dom",
            "3": "domme"
          },
          "expansion": "North Frisian: dom, domme",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "North Frisian: dom, domme"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "dum"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: dum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: dum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "dom"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: dom",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: dom"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "dumb"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: dumb",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: dumb"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "dum"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: dum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: dum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds",
            "2": "dumm"
          },
          "expansion": "Low German: dumm",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Low German: dumm"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "dump"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: dump",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: dump"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "tumb"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: tumb\nMiddle High German: tump\nGerman: dumm (Central German), tumb (Upper German, archaic)\nHunsrik: dumm\nLuxembourgish: domm",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: tumb\nMiddle High German: tump\nGerman: dumm (Central German), tumb (Upper German, archaic)\nHunsrik: dumm\nLuxembourgish: domm"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*dumbaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *dumbaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *dumbaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dumbiʀō",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbist",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-adj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumb",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumb",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbanā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumb",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbeʀā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbumē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbeʀē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbumē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbeʀu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbeʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbeʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbeʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumbum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "comparative",
        "4": "*dumbiʀō",
        "5": "superlative",
        "6": "*dumbist"
      },
      "expansion": "*dumb (comparative *dumbiʀō, superlative *dumbist)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dumb",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-West Germanic a-stem adjectives",
        "Proto-West Germanic adjectives",
        "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "gmw-pro:Muteness"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dumb, mute"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dumb",
          "dumb"
        ],
        [
          "mute",
          "mute"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*stumm"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dumb"
}

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