тупой - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Inherited from Old East Slavic тупъ (tupŭ), from Proto-Slavic *tǫpъ.

• IPA^(key): [tʊˈpoj]

тупо́й • (tupój) (comparative (по)тупе́е or (по)тупе́й, adverb ту́по, abstract noun ту́пость, diminutive ту́пенький)

1. dull, blunt
2. obtuse
3. dull, stupid

4. apathetic

• затупля́ть impf (zatupljátʹ), затупи́ть pf (zatupítʹ)
• тупи́ть impf (tupítʹ)
• тупизна́ f (tupizná)

• → Armenian: տուպոյ (tupoy)
• → Azerbaijani: tupoy

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тупой”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “тупой”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 272