puh
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English [edit]
Interjection [edit]
puh
- Alternative form of pugh.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Danish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
An onomatopoeia: the sound of rapid exhalation.
Used to express emotion beyond compare to the point of which there are no words to describe the setting.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /puː/, [pʰuː]
Interjection [edit]
puh!
- pooh (expression of dismissal or contempt‚ used when encountering an unpleasant smell)
- phew (used to show relief, fatigue, surprise, or disgust)
Synonyms [edit]
- (show disgust): ad, bvadr, føj, puha, puh ha
- (show fatigue): puha, puh ha
- (show relief): puha, puh ha, pyh
German [edit]
Interjection [edit]
puh!
- phew!
Mapudungun [edit]
Noun [edit]
puh (using Raguileo Alphabet)
Serbo-Croatian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Slavic *pъlxъ.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /pûx/
Noun [edit]
pȕh m (Cyrillic spelling пу̏х)
Declension [edit]
declension of puh
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pȕh | pùhovi |
| genitive | puha | puhova |
| dative | puhu | puhovima |
| accusative | puha | puhove |
| vocative | puše | puhovi |
| locative | puhu | puhovima |
| instrumental | puhom | puhovima |
