dof
Translingual
Symbol
dof
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Domu terms
English
Etymology
From Afrikaans dof. Doublet of daff, deaf, and dowf.
Adjective
dof (comparative more dof, superlative most dof)
- (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)
Declension
Declension of dof | ||||
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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
- dofheid
- verdoffen
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: dòf
Noun
dof m (plural doffen, diminutive dofje n)
Derived terms
- dofmouw
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *daub, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz.
Adjective
dōf
Inflection
Declension of dōf (a-stem)
strong declension | ||||||
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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
- Middle Dutch: dôof
References
- “dōf”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /doːv/
- Rhymes: -oːv
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-. Cognate with English tame.
Adjective
dof (feminine singular dof, plural dofion, equative dofed, comparative dofach, superlative dofaf)
- tame
- Antonym: gwyllt
- cultivated (of plants etc.)
Derived terms
- alarch dof (“mute swan”)
- brenhinllys dof (“sweet basil”)
- cerddin dof (“true service trees, sorbs”)
- dafad ddof (“tame sheep”)
- dofednod (“poultry”)
- dofi (“to tame”)
- isop dof (“garden hyssop”)
- marchysgall dof (“globe artichokes”)
- pabi dof (“garden poppy”)
- safri ddof (“summer savory”)
- y llew gwyn dof (“garden orache”)
Etymology 2
Inflected form of dod (“to come”).
Verb
dof
- (literary) first-person singular present/future of dod