torf

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Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

torf n (genitive singular torfs, nominative plural torf)

  1. sod, turf

Declension

Declension of torf (neuter)
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

Polish

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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

 
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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

Noun

torf f

  1. Alternative form of torf

Further reading

  • torf in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • torf in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “torf”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 24

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

torf f (plural torfeydd or torfoedd or torfau)

  1. crowd

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of torf
radical soft nasal aspirate
torf dorf nhorf thorf

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

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
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