duh

• der, derr
• dur, durr

Imitative, possibly indicating stupidity by mocking the speech of an intellectually disabled person.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɜː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dʌ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /dʌ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː, -ʌ

duh

1. Disdainful indication that something is obvious.

   It's hot in the desert. - Well, duh!

2. Indication of mock stupidity.

   Duhhh, I'm Jasmine, I can't even tie my shoe laces right!

• obviously!
• doy
• no duh (Australian, American)
• no shit
• you don't say
• no kidding
• derp
• der (Australian)

• d'oh
• huh
• oh
• ah

• HUD, Hud, UHD, hud

Inherited from Old Czech duh, from Proto-Slavic *dǫ̀gъ. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce something useful, to be strong”).^[1]

• IPA^(key):
• Homophone: duch

duh m inan

1. Used only in the phrase:

   jít/sloužit někomu k duhu ― to do someone good

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

duh f

1. genitive plural of duha

• “duh”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “duh”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “duh”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Borrowed from Russian дух (dux).

• IPA^(key): /duh/

duh (definite accusative duhu, plural duhlar)

1. spirit

   Synonym: ruh

2. (philosophy, religion) soul, spirit, geist

   Synonym: ruh

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: duh

• Audio (Indonesia):

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duh (uncountable)

1. Aphetic form of aduh

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese duh (“juice, sap, oil”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zuʀuq (“sap, juice”). Doublet of juruh.

• Construction of duh tubuh is a semantic loan from Dutch lichaamssap (“bodily fluid”, literally “body sap”). However, contemporary term for bodily fluid is cairan tubuh.

duh (uncountable)

1. (medicine, pathology) discharge: pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology.

   Keluhan duh tubuh vagina abnormal biasanya disebabkan oleh radang vagina, tetapi dapat pula akibat radang serviks yang mukopurulen.^[1] ― Abnormal vaginal discharge complaint usually can be caused of vaginal inflammation, but can be caused of mucopurulent cervical inflammation.

• discaj (Standard Malay)

• “duh” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zuʀuq (“sap, juice”). Doublet of juruh.

duh

1. juice
2. sap
3. oil (for a lamp)

• → Indonesian: duh (“discharge”) (learned)

• "duh" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Compare German tun, Dutch doen, English do.

duh

1. to do

Learned borrowing from Old Church Slavonic доухъ (duxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *duxъ.

• IPA^(key): /duh/

duh n (plural duhuri)

1. spirit

   Synonyms: spirit, suflet

2. ghost

   Synonyms: fantomă, stafie, nălucă

• Duhul Sfânt
• vorbă de duh

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:

duh

Wikipedia ^sh

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *duxъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews-.

• IPA^(key): /dûx/

dȕh m (Cyrillic spelling ду̏х)

1. ghost, spirit

   Duh Sveti ― the holy spirit

   Ja sam duh iz Aladinove lampe. ― I am the ghost from Aladin's lamp.

2. spirit

   U zdravom tijelu, zdrav duh. ― Mens sana in corpore sano. (literally, “In a healthy body, a healthy spirit.”)

• dúša

• “duh”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

duh

1. breast

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

duh

Wikipedia ^sl

From Proto-Slavic *duxъ.

• IPA^(key): /dúːx/
• Hyphenation: duh

dȗh m anim or m inan

1. (animate) ghost (spirit appearing after death)
2. (animate) soul

   Synonym: duša

3. (animate) ability, capability

   Synonyms: sposobnost, zmožnost, žilica

4. (figuratively, animate) capable person
5. (rare, animate) mindset

   Synonym: miselnost

6. (rare, animate) atmosphere, mood

   Synonym: vzdušje

7. (philosophy, animate) spirit
8. (archaic, inanimate) smell, scent

   Synonym: vonj

9. (obsolete, inanimate) smell (sense that detects odours)

• animate senses

n=

• inanimate senses, usual

n=

• inanimate senses, less common

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• dúša
• dahnīti
• díhati

• “duh”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “duh”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

duh

1. Romanization of 𒂃 (duḫ)

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /tu˧/
• Tone numbers: du⁶
• Hyphenation: duh

From Chinese 豆 (MC duwH).

duh (Sawndip forms 𭎞 or 荳 or 垜 or 𰶠, 1957–1982 spelling duƅ)

1. bean; pea; nut

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

duh (Sawndip forms 途 or 度, 1957–1982 spelling duƅ)

1. of; 's (possessive marker, placed before the possessor)