duf

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AlbanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

duf m

1. air blow, anger, impatience, rage

Related termsEdit

• dudë
• dudum
• dënjë
• topit

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

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• Rhymes: -ʏf

AdjectiveEdit

duf (comparative duffer, superlative dufst)

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

InflectionEdit

Inflection of duf
uninflected	duf
inflected	duffe
comparative	duffer
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		duf	duffer	het dufst het dufste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	duffe	duffere	dufste
	n. sing.	duf	duffer	dufste
	plural	duffe	duffere	dufste
definite		duffe	duffere	dufste
partitive		dufs	duffers	—

SynonymsEdit

• (unable to think clearly): suf
• (boring): oninteressant, saai
• (fusty): bedompt, muf

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WestrobothnianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Compare Old Norse dýfa (“to dip”), English dive, from Proto-Germanic *dūbijaną.

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -ʉ̀ːʋ

VerbEdit

dūf

1. dip bread in lard off 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.

ReferencesEdit

• Stenberg, Pehr, Widmark, Gusten, “duva v dūf”, in Ordbok över Umemålet [Dictionary of the Umeå speech], ISBN 91-7222-016-3, 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