duf

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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 (feminine dufe)

  1. stupid, foolish, silly, braggard

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

Declension

Declension 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 —

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from English duff.

Pronunciation

Noun

duf m (plural dufaichean)

  1. duff, sweet flour pudding
    duf na Nollaige ― Christmas pudding
    tuigidh tu fhèin duf ― you know fine well what's going on (figurative)
  2. attractive person, hunk
    pìos math duf ― what a hunk
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