duf

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dupsa, from Proto-Indo-European *dheu- (blow, smoke; dark, gray, deep). Compare Old English dofian (rage), Middle High German top (senseless, brainless, crazy), Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos, smoke, steam, dense smoke; wooziness, folly, silly pride), Latin suffio (to fumigate).

Noun

duf m

  1. anger, impatience, rage, grudge

Adjective

duf m (feminine dufe)

  1. stupid, foolish, silly, braggard

Dutch

Etymology

Variant of dof

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ʏf

Adjective

duf (comparative duffer, superlative dufst)

  1. unable to think clearly
  2. boring, uninteresting
  3. fusty, moldy

Inflection

Inflection of duf
uninflected duf
inflected duffe
comparative duffer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial dufdufferhet dufst
het dufste
indefinite m./f. sing. duffedufferedufste
n. sing. dufdufferdufste
plural duffedufferedufste
definite duffedufferedufste
partitive dufsduffers

Synonyms


Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse dúfa (to dip.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²dʉːv/, [d̥ÿ̀ːʋ] (example of pronunciation)
    Rhymes: -ʉ̀ːv

Verb

dūf

  1. dip bread in lard of fatty meat, broth or cream
    han hȧdd sä fett i kött du skull få duf däg mätten å flatt i gryta
    He had such fatty meat, that one could dip the bread in the lard in the pot and thereby become full.

References

    • Stenberg, Pehr, Widmark, Gusten, “duva v dūf”, in Ordbok över Umemålet [Dictionary of the Umeå speech], →ISBN, page 23
    • Rietz, Johan Ernst, “DUV’”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 107
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