bâlbâi

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bâlbâi

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Onomatopoetic, or from a derivative of Latin balbus, balbūtīre. Compare Italian balbettare, Spanish balbucir, Albanian belbëzoj; cf. also belbët. Possibly ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European root balb-.

verb a bâlbâi 4th conjugation · bâlbâie · bâlbâit · a bâlbâi · bâlbâind

reflexive to stutter, stammer
Similar: gângăi, bolborosi

In English

stammer to stutter

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"bâlbâi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/b%C3%A2lb%C3%A2i. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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bâlbâi. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/b%C3%A2lb%C3%A2i

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"bâlbâi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/b%C3%A2lb%C3%A2i.

BibTeX

@misc{ba_lba_i_2026,
  title = {bâlbâi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/b%C3%A2lb%C3%A2i},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}