torf

See also: Torf

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse torf, from Proto-Germanic *turbz. Akin to English turf.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʰɔrv/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrv

Noun

torf n (genitive singular torfs, nominative plural torf)

  1. sod, turf

Declension
declension of torf
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative torf torfið torf torfin
accusative torf torfið torf torfin
dative torfi torfinu torfum torfunum
genitive torfs torfsins torfa torfanna

Polish
torf

Etymology

Borrowed from German Torf, from Middle Low German torf, from Old Saxon turf, *torf, from Proto-Germanic *turbz, from Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɔrf/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrf
  • Syllabification: torf

Noun

torf m inan

  1. (geology) peat (soil)

Declension
Declension of torf
singular
nominative torf
genitive torfu
dative torfowi
accusative torf
instrumental torfem
locative torfie
vocative torfie

Derived terms
  • torfować
  • torfowy

Further reading
  • torf in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • torf in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh torf, from Proto-Brythonic *torv, from Latin turba (“crowd”). Doublet of twrf.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɔrv/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrv

Noun

torf f (plural torfeydd or torfoedd or torfau)

  1. crowd

Derived terms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
torf dorf nhorf thorf
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “torf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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