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

• IPA^(key): [ˈdux]
• Homophone: duch

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

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), 2008–2025

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

• da, d'

Compare English the.

• IPA^(key): /də/

duh

1. the

• Virginia Mixson Geraty, Gulluh fuh oonuh: Gullah for You (1997)

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʊh]
• Hyphenation: duh

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duh (plural duh-duh)

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 (plural duh-duh)

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.

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zuʀuq (“sap, juice”).^[1] 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.

From Middle High German tuon, from Old High German tuon. 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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *duxъ (“breath, gust (of wind)”)

• IPA^(key): /dûx/

dȕh m anim (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), 2006–2025

duh

1. breast

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^[→SSKJ]
5. (rare, animate) mindset

   Synonym: miselnost

6. (rare, animate) atmosphere, mood^[→SSKJ]

   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)