dof

English

Etymology

Afrikaans dof. Doublet of dowf.

Adjective

dof (comparative more dof, superlative most dof)

  1. (South Africa) Stupid; thick.

Anagrams

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Vowel shortening of doof, 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)

  1. (surface) dull, matte
  2. (sound) dull, muffled
  3. languid, apathetic
    Synonyms: loom, lui, flauw, mat

Inflection
Inflection of dof
uninflected dof
inflected doffe
comparative doffer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial dofdofferhet dofst
het dofste
indefinite m./f. sing. doffedofferedofste
n. sing. dofdofferdofste
plural doffedofferedofste
definite doffedofferedofste
partitive dofsdoffers—

Descendants
  • → Papiamentu: dòf

Noun

dof m (plural doffen, diminutive dofje n)

  1. A dull impact; a slam, a pound, a blow.

Derived terms
  • dofmouw

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)

  1. tame
    Antonym: gwyllt
  2. cultivated (of plants etc.)
Derived terms
  • alarch dof (“mute swan”)
  • brenhinllys dof (“sweet basil”)
  • cerddin dof (“true service trees, sorbs”)
  • dafad dof (“tame sheep”)
  • dofednod (“poultry”)
  • dofi (“to tame”)
  • isop dof (“garden hyssop”)
  • marchysgall dof (“globe artichoke”)
  • pabi dof (“garden poppy”)
  • safri ddof (“summer savory”)
  • y llew gwyn dof (“garden orache”)

Etymology 2

Inflected form of dod (“to come”).

Verb

dof

  1. (literary) first-person singular present/future of dod
Alternative forms
  • da (colloquial)
  • deuaf (literary)
  • do (colloquial)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dof ddof nof unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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