déif

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Luxembourgish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old High German *diuf, northern variant of tiuf, from Proto-Germanic *deupaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb-. The expected masculine form is *déifen, but the fricative was voiced, possibly by analogy with the homophone Déif (thief) and/or the rhyming adjectives dréif (turbid), léif (dear).

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Adjective[edit]

déif (masculine déiwen, neuter déift, comparative méi déif, superlative am déifsten)

  1. deep

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