torf

See also: Torf

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse torf, from Proto-Germanic *turbz. Akin to English turf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰɔrv/
• Rhymes: -ɔrv

Noun

torf n (genitive singular torfs, nominative plural torf)

1. sod, turf

Declension

declension of torf

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	torf	torfið	torf	torfin
accusative	torf	torfið	torf	torfin
dative	torfi	torfinu	torfum	torfunum
genitive	torfs	torfsins	torfa	torfanna

Related terms

• torfa

Polish

torf

Etymology

Borrowed from German Torf, from Middle Low German torf, from Old Saxon turf, *torf, from Proto-Germanic *turbz, from Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔrf/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔrf
• Syllabification: torf

Noun

torf m inan

1. (geology) peat (soil)

Declension

Declension of torf

	singular
nominative	torf
genitive	torfu
dative	torfowi
accusative	torf
instrumental	torfem
locative	torfie
vocative	torfie

Derived terms

• torfować
• torfowy

 

Further reading

• torf in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• torf in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh torf, from Proto-Brythonic *torv, from Latin turba (“crowd”). Doublet of twrf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔrv/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔrv

Noun

torf f (plural torfeydd or torfoedd or torfau)

1. crowd

Derived terms

• seindorf

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
torf	dorf	nhorf	thorf
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “torf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies