dof

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

dof (comparative more dof, superlative most dof)

1. (South Africa) Stupid; thick.

• FOD, ODF, fod

• duf, (dialectal) duff

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.

• IPA^(key): /dɔf/

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• Hyphenation: dof
• Rhymes: -ɔf

dof (comparative doffer, superlative dofst)

1. (surface) dull, matte
2. (sound) dull, muffled
3. languid, apathetic

   Synonyms: loom, lui, flauw, mat

• → Papiamentu: dòf

dof m (plural doffen, diminutive dofje n)

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

• dofmouw

• IPA^(key): /doːv/
• Rhymes: -oːv

From Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-. Cognate with English tame.

dof (feminine singular dof, plural dofion, equative dofed, comparative dofach, superlative dofaf)

1. tame

   Antonym: gwyllt

2. cultivated (of plants etc.)

Inflected form of dod (“to come”).

dof

1. (literary) first-person singular present/future of dod

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