suf

Dutch

Etymology

From suffen, from Middle Dutch suffen, from Old Dutch *suffen, from Proto-West Germanic *suffjan, from Proto-Germanic *sufjaną (“to doze off”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʏf/

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• Hyphenation: suf
• Rhymes: -ʏf

Adjective

suf (comparative suffer, superlative sufst)

1. dull, lethargic, drowsy
2. silly

Inflection

Declension of suf
uninflected	suf
inflected	suffe
comparative	suffer
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		suf	suffer	het sufst het sufste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	suffe	suffere	sufste
	n. sing.	suf	suffer	sufste
	plural	suffe	suffere	sufste
definite		suffe	suffere	sufste
partitive		sufs	suffers	—

Derived terms

• sufbol
• sufferd
• suffig
• sufkut

Related terms

• suffen

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: sùf, suf

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic صُوف (ṣūf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʊf/
• Hyphenation: suf

Noun

suf (first-person possessive sufku, second-person possessive sufmu, third-person possessive sufnya)

1. wool

   Synonym: wol

Further reading

• “suf” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Maltese

Root
s-w-f
9 terms

Etymology

From Arabic صُوف (ṣūf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːf/

Noun

suf m (collective, singulative sufa, paucal sufiet)

1. wool
2. (slang) body hair, especially pubic hair, pubes

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English suffering and French souffrance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suf/

Noun

suf (nominative plural sufs)

1. suffering

Declension

declension of suf

	singular	plural
nominative	suf	sufs
genitive	sufa	sufas
dative	sufe	sufes
accusative	sufi	sufis
vocative 1	o suf!	o sufs!
predicative 2	sufu	sufus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• sufäd
• sufäl
• sufod
• sufön