duf

Albanian

Etymology

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”).

Noun

duf m

1. anger, impatience, rage, grudge

Adjective

duf m (feminine dufe)

1. stupid, foolish, silly, braggard

Related terms

• ndyj
• dudë
• dudum
• dënjë
• topit

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Dutch

Etymology

Variant of dof.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʏf/

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• Hyphenation: duf
• 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		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	—

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• dufheid

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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