houf
See also: Houf
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech húf, hauf. Borrowed from Middle High German hufe (“heap”), from Old High German hūfo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦou̯f]
Noun
houf m inan (diminutive houfec or houfek)
Declension
Declension of houf (hard masculine inanimate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | houf | houfy |
| genitive | houfu | houfů |
| dative | houfu | houfům |
| accusative | houf | houfy |
| vocative | houfe | houfy |
| locative | houfu | houfech |
| instrumental | houfem | houfy |
Derived terms
adjectives
- houfný
adverbs
- houfem
- houfně
nouns
- houfeček
- houfnice
verbs
- houfovat
Further reading
- “houf”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “houf”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “houf”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *haup, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz, whence also Old English hēap, Old Saxon hōp. Compare Old Norse hópr.
Noun
houf m