deaf
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From Old English dēaf, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz.
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deaf (comparative deafer, superlative deafest)
- Not having the faculty of hearing, or only partially able to hear.
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not hearing
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deaf
- Deaf people considered as a group.
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deaf people considered as a group
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- IPA: /dæːaf/
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From Proto-Germanic *daubaz, from Indo-European *dheubh- (“smoky, foggy, dim”). Germanic cognates include Old Frisian dāf, Old Saxon dōf (Low German dow), Old High German toub (German taub), Old Norse daufr (Swedish döv). The Indo-European root is also the source of Greek τυφλός (“blind”).
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dēaf