nuf

See also: nûf

Dalmatian edit

nuf m (feminine núa)

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nuf f (plural nuffen, diminutive nufje n)

(derogatory) a woman, in particular a girl, who is considered arrogant or posh
- 1802, Miguel de Cervantes de Saavedra, De ridder Don Quichot van Mancha, vol. 2, tr. by Pieter van Woensel, publ. by J. C. Leeuwestyn, 47.
  „(...) Hoe durft gij, aschgat en nufje, zulke lastertaal uitſlaan, oordeelen over zulke loflijke boeken als die der ridderſchap! (...)”
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nuf f (plural nuues)

Apocopic form of nuue, cloud.
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 18r:
  Fue el dia t̃cero al alba dela man. ⁊ vinẏerõ truenos ⁊ relãpagos ⁊ nuf grãt ſobrel mõt. Y uoz de cuerno grãt mucho E ouẏerõ pauor grãt tod el pueblo q̃ era enel albergada.
  It was the early morning of the third day, and there came thunder and flashes of lightning and a great cloud upon the mountain, and the very mighty blast of a [ram's] horn, and all the people who were in the camp felt great fear.

Borrowed from English roof (roof /ruːf/ > nuf, r > n).

nuf (nominative plural nufs)

declension of nuf

Terms derived from "nuf"