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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English doute (“doubt”). More at doubt.
Noun
dout
- Obsolete spelling of doubt.
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) Misspelling of doubt.
Etymology 2
Blend of do + out, from Middle English don ut (“do out”). Compare don, doff, dup.
Verb
dout (third-person singular simple present douts, present participle douting, simple past and past participle douted)
- (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To put out; quench; extinguish; douse.
1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 86, column 1:Mount them, and make inciſion in their Hides, / That their hot blood may ſpin in Engliſh eyes, / And doubt them with ſuperfluous courage : ha.
1893, J. Keighley Snowden, “The Angel Barmaid”, in Tales of the Yorkshire Worlds, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, page 136:The fire she lit in every breast was fanned rather than douted by the rumour presently puffed abroad that she was the recipient of letters addressed in a man’s handwriting.
- douter, a cone-shaped device with a handle for extinguishing a candle and stopping the smoke.
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech dúti, from Proto-Slavic *duti. Doublet of dmout.
Pronunciation
Verb
dout impf
- to blow, to gust
- Synonyms: vát, foukat
Conjugation
Conjugation
| Infinitive
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dout, douti
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Active adjective
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dující
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| Verbal noun
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dutí
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Passive adjective
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—
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| The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive dout. |
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| Participles |
Past participles |
Passive participles
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singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
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| masculine animate
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dul |
duli |
— |
—
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| masculine inanimate
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duly |
—
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| feminine
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dula |
—
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| neuter
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dulo |
dula |
— |
—
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| Transgressives
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present
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past
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| masculine singular
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duje |
—
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| feminine + neuter singular
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dujíc |
—
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| plural
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dujíce |
—
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Further reading
- “douti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “douti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “dout”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German *dōd (attested in inflections), northern variant of tōt, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Cognate with German tot, Dutch dood, English dead, Icelandic dauður.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dout (masculine douden, neuter dout, comparative méi dout, superlative am doutsten)
- dead
Declension
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.