(ת') אילם; שותק; טיפש

(ש"ע) אילם; אילמים

(פ') לגרום לאילמות; לגרום למישהו להיות מוכה אלם

adj. mute, unable to speak; temporarily unable to speak, speechless; stupid, slow

n. mute person, someone who is unable to speak; people who are unable to speak

v. cause to be dumb; make someone speechless

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Adjective
1. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"
(synonym) dense, dim, dull, obtuse, slow
(similar) stupid
2. unable to speak temporarily; "struck dumb"; "speechless with shock"
(synonym) speechless
(similar) inarticulate, unarticulate
3. lacking the power of human speech; "dumb animals"
(similar) inarticulate, unarticulate
4. unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
(synonym) mute, silent
(similar) inarticulate, unarticulate

n. dumb, mute person, someone who is unable to speak; people who are unable to speak

příd.jm. němý; oněmělý; hloupý; blbý