dof

See also: DOF, DoF, döf, d.o.f., d. o. f., D.O.F., D. O. F., D.o.F., and D. o. F.

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans dof. Doublet of daff, deaf, and dowf.

Adjective

dof (comparative more dof, superlative most dof)

1. (South Africa) Stupid; thick.

Anagrams

• FOD, ODF, fod

Dutch

Alternative forms

• duf, (dialectal) duff

Etymology

Vowel shortening of doof (“deaf”), 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/

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• 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

Declension

Declension of dof
uninflected	dof
inflected	doffe
comparative	doffer
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		dof	doffer	het dofst het dofste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	doffe	doffere	dofste
	n. sing.	dof	doffer	dofste
	plural	doffe	doffere	dofste
definite		doffe	doffere	dofste
partitive		dofs	doffers	—

Derived terms

• dofheid
• verdoffen

 

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.