Translation
blind
Word origin
From the Germanic family of German blind and English blind, which Zamenhof carried over unchanged apart from the adjective ending. The root goes back to a Proto-Germanic word that may originally have meant confused or dim.
- Origin
- Germanic (German and English blind)
- Root
- blind
- English cognates
- blind
Examples
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My grandfather is almost blind, but he still works in the garden.
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The blind man walks through the town with his dog.
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She is blind in one eye after the accident.
A blind person is o, with the -- suffix for a person characterised by the root. Note the preposition in - is the all-purpose preposition Esperanto reaches for when no other fits.
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Start your free weekThis word is part of lesson 28.