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# foolish — English to Ukrainian

How English *foolish* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [foolish in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/foolish/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: foolish (85). By style: everyday 28 · biblical 57.

## дурний

Used about 26 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 17). Forms: дурна, дурний, дурним, дурного, дурні.

- You're young and **foolish**.
  Ти молода та **дурна**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5938733](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5938733) [\#6060105](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6060105))

- But they are together brutish and **foolish**, instructed by idols! It is just wood.
  Всї вони **дурні**, безглузді; пуста наука їх — отте дерево.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 10:8)

- You're young and **foolish**.
  Ти молодий та **дурний**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5938733](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5938733) [\#6060104](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6060104))

- Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the **foolish** is near ruin.
  Що мудрий знає, те він ховає, уста же **дурного** — се близька погибель.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 10:14)

- Tom is young and **foolish**.
  Том молодий і **дурний**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#4927770](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4927770) [\#11551928](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11551928))

## безумний

Used about 10 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 10). Forms: безумний, безумні.

- You **foolish** one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.
  **Безумний**! що ти сїєш, не оживе, коли не вмре.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 15:36)

- You **foolish** ones, didn’t he who made the outside make the inside also?
  **Безумні**! хиба, хто зробив верх, і середини не зробив.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 11:40)

- A **foolish** son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
  **Безумний** син — отцю свойму гірка досада, ще гірше горе він матері своїй.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 17:25)

- Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, LORD. **Foolish** people have blasphemed your name.
  Спогадай се: ворог поругав Господа, а народ **безумний** зневажив імя твоє.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 74:18)

- The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but the **foolish** despise wisdom and instruction.
  Почин премудростї — Господень страх; **безумні** нехтують і розум і науку.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 1:7)

## необачні

Used about 4 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 4).

- Five of them were **foolish**, and five were wise.
  Пять же були з них розумні, а пять **необачні**.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 25:2)

- Those who were **foolish**, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them,
  Котрі **необачні**, взявши каганцї свої, не взяли з собою олїї.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 25:3)

- The **foolish** said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’
  **Необачні** ж казали до розумних: Дайте нам олїї вашої, бо каганцї наші гаснуть.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 25:8)

## мудрий

Used about 2 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2).

- Surely extortion makes the wise man **foolish**; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
  Коли **мудрий** тїснить других, — стається дурним, та й подарунки псують серце.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ECC 7:7)

- If a wise man goes to court with a **foolish** man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.
  Як **мудрий** із дурним заведе рахубу, то, чи гнїваєсь, чи сьміється, — не має спокою.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 29:9)

## уста

Used about 2 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2).

- Stay away from a **foolish** man, for you won’t find knowledge on his lips.
  Ійди геть від того, хто розуму не має, в кого невидні тобі **уста** розумні.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 14:7)

- For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of **foolish** men.
  Така бо воля Божа, щоб ви, роблячи добро, затикали **уста** невіжи безрозумних людей,
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1PE 2:15)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Son, don't be **foolish**!
  Сину, не будь дурнем!
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by \_undertoad and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2259215](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2259215) [\#5702651](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5702651))

- How can you say such a **foolish** thing?
  Як ти можеш казати таку дурницю?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#41294](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/41294) [\#1569473](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1569473))

- It was **foolish** of you to accept his offer.
  З твого боку було ідіотизмом прийняти його пропозицію.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by kebukebu and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#17751](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/17751) [\#5723771](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5723771))

## Grammar

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