duf

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”).

duf m

1. anger, impatience, rage, grudge

duf (feminine dufe)

1. stupid, foolish, silly, braggard

• ndyj
• dudë
• dudum
• dënjë
• topit

Variant of dof.

• IPA^(key): /dʏf/

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• Hyphenation: duf
• Rhymes: -ʏf

duf (comparative duffer, superlative dufst)

1. unable to think clearly
2. boring, uninteresting
3. fusty, moldy

• (unable to think clearly): suf
• (boring): oninteressant, saai
• (fusty): bedompt, muf

• dufheid

Borrowed from English duff.

• IPA^(key): /d̪̊əf/

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