deriv►taballada, vb. V, 1 ↗balad; 2a to become stupid, besotted, lapse into a state of idiocy; b to show o.s. from the stupid side: tD-stem, self-ref.
► tabālada, vb. VI, to feign stupidity: : tL-stem, imitative ► balīd, var. ʔabladᵘ, adj., stupid, doltish, dull-witted, idiotic: quasi-PP, ints.adj.
► balādaẗ, n.f., stupidity, silliness: vn. I
► taballud, n., idiocy, dullness, obtuseness, apathy: vn. V
► mutaballid, adj., besotted, dull, stupid: PA V For other values attached to the root, cf. ↗balad as well as, for the overall picture, root entry ↗√BLD.