dof

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See also: DOF, DoF, döf, d.o.f., d. o. f., D.O.F., D. O. F., D.o.F., and D. o. F.

Translingual

Symbol

dof

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Domu.

See also

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans dof. Doublet of daff, deaf, and dowf.

Adjective

dof (comparative more dof, superlative most dof)

  1. (South Africa) Stupid; thick.

Anagrams

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Vowel shortening of doof (“deaf”), from Middle Dutch dôof, from Old Dutch *dōf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz (“stunned, deaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, be obscured”). Compare Swedish dov (“matt, muted”), English dowf.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔf/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: dof
  • Rhymes: -ɔf

Adjective

dof (comparative doffer, superlative dofst)

  1. (surface) dull, matte
  2. (sound) dull, muffled
  3. languid, apathetic
    Synonyms: loom, lui, flauw, mat

Declension

Declension of dof
uninflected dof
inflected doffe
comparative doffer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial dof doffer het dofst
het dofste
indefinite m./f. sing. doffe doffere dofste
n. sing. dof doffer dofste
plural doffe doffere dofste
definite doffe doffere dofste
partitive dofs doffers —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Papiamentu: dòf

Noun

dof m (plural doffen, diminutive dofje n)

  1. a dull impact; a slam, a pound, a blow

Derived terms

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *daub, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz.

Adjective

dōf

  1. deaf

Inflection

Declension of dōf (a-stem)
strong declension
case masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative dōf dōf dōf dōva, dōve
accusative dōvan, dōven dōva dōf dōva, dōve
genitive dōves dōvero dōves dōvero
dative dōvin, dōvemo dōvero dōvin, dōvemo dōvon
weak declension
case masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative dōvo dōva dōva dōvon
accusative dōvon dōvon dōva dōvon
genitive dōvin dōvon dōvin dōvono
dative dōvin dōvon dōvin dōvon

Descendants

References

  • “dōf”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-. Cognate with English tame.

Adjective

dof (feminine singular dof, plural dofion, equative dofed, comparative dofach, superlative dofaf)

  1. tame
    Antonym: gwyllt
  2. cultivated (of plants etc.)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inflected form of dod (“to come”).

Verb

dof

  1. (literary) first-person singular present/future of dod
Alternative forms

Mutation

Mutated forms of dof
radical soft nasal aspirate
dof ddof nof unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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