muf
See also: MUF
Afrikaans
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch muf, from muffen, from Middle Dutch muffen.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmuf (attributive muwwe, comparative muwwer, superlative mufste)
Albanian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Albanian *muska, from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (“wet”). Cognate with Latvian maût (“to plunge”), Serbo-Croatian mȉti (“to wash”).[1]
Adjective
editmuf (feminine mufe)
- unripe (of figs)
- (figurative, derogatory) mentally immature
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “muf”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 276
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom muffen, from Middle Dutch muffen.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmuf (comparative muffer, superlative mufst)
Declension
editDeclension of muf | ||||
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uninflected | muf | |||
inflected | muffe | |||
comparative | muffer | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | muf | muffer | het mufst het mufste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | muffe | muffere | mufste |
n. sing. | muf | muffer | mufste | |
plural | muffe | muffere | mufste | |
definite | muffe | muffere | mufste | |
partitive | mufs | muffers | — |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editVolapük
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmuf (nominative plural mufs)
- motion, movement
- movement, trend
- 1938, “Pö yelacen”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 1:
- Yel epasetiköl no ebinon bönik pro muf obsik. Meug refudik reiganefa Deutänik tefü yufapüks difik edämükon i Volapükamufi.
- The past year has not been favorable for our movement. The negative attitude of the German government towards the various auxiliary languages has also damaged the Volapük movement.
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ʏf/1 syllable
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