duf
AlbanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Albanian *dupsa, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“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”).
NounEdit
duf m
AdjectiveEdit
duf m (feminine dufe)
Related termsEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Variant of dof.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
duf (comparative duffer, superlative dufst)
- unable to think clearly
- boring, uninteresting
- fusty, moldy
InflectionEdit
Inflection of duf | ||||
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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
Derived termsEdit
WestrobothnianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse dúfa (“to dip.”)
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
dūf
- 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.
- han hȧdd sä fett i kött du skull få duf däg mätten å flatt i gryta
ReferencesEdit
- 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