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.

Translingual

Symbol

dof

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Domu.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Domu terms

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

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *daub, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz.

Adjective

dōf

1. deaf

Inflection

Declension of dōf (a-stem)

strong declension
case	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	dōf	dōf	dōf	dōva, dōve
accusative	dōvan, dōven	dōva	dōf	dōva, dōve
genitive	dōves	dōvero	dōves	dōvero
dative	dōvin, dōvemo	dōvero	dōvin, dōvemo	dōvon
weak declension
case	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	dōvo	dōva	dōva	dōvon
accusative	dōvon	dōvon	dōva	dōvon
genitive	dōvin	dōvon	dōvin	dōvono
dative	dōvin	dōvon	dōvin	dōvon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: dôof
  • Dutch: doof
    • Afrikaans: doof
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: dofu
    • Negerhollands: doof
    • → Papiamentu: dof
    • → Sranan Tongo: dofu
  • Limburgish: douf

References

• “dōf”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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 ddof (“tame sheep”)
• dofednod (“poultry”)
• dofi (“to tame”)
• isop dof (“garden hyssop”)
• marchysgall dof (“globe artichokes”)
• 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

• deuaf (literary)
• da, do (colloquial)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dof

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dof	ddof	nof	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.