stuf

Romanian

Etymology

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *styphus, from Late Latin stypa + typhe, from Ancient Greek τύφη (túphē), or possibly related to tufă and contaminated with stypa. It may also simply be from tufă with an initial expressive -s-. Not related to Hebrew סוּף (súf).

Noun

stuf n (plural stufuri)

1. reed

   Synonym: trestie

2. thatch

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	stuf	stuful		stufuri	stufurile
genitive-dative	stuf	stufului		stufuri	stufurilor
vocative	stufule			stufurilor

Derived terms

• stufos

See also

• tufă
• papură
• rogoz

References

• “stuf”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025