туф

See also: т’уф

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	تۋف
Cyrillic	туф
Latin	tuf

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian туф (tuf), from Italian tufo, from Latin tofus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tuf]

Noun

туф • (tuf)

1. tufa, tuff

Declension

Declension of туф

	singular	plural
nominative	туф (tuf)	туфтар (tuftar)
genitive	туфтың (tuftyñ)	туфтардың (tuftardyñ)
dative	туфқа (tufqa)	туфтарға (tuftarğa)
accusative	туфты (tufty)	туфтарды (tuftardy)
locative	туфта (tufta)	туфтарда (tuftarda)
ablative	туфтан (tuftan)	туфтардан (tuftardan)
instrumental	туфпен (tufpen)	туфтармен (tuftarmen)
similative	туфтай (tuftai)	туфтардай (tuftardai)

Russian

Etymology

From Latin tōfus (via Italian tufo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tuf]

Noun

туф • (tuf) m inan (genitive ту́фа, nominative plural ту́фы, genitive plural ту́фов, relational adjective ту́фовый)

1. tufa, tuff

Declension

Declension of туф (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ту́ф túf	ту́фы túfy
genitive	ту́фа túfa	ту́фов túfov
dative	ту́фу túfu	ту́фам túfam
accusative	ту́ф túf	ту́фы túfy
instrumental	ту́фом túfom	ту́фами túfami
prepositional	ту́фе túfe	ту́фах túfax

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “туф”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “туф”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tufo, from Latin tofus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tûf/

Noun

ту̏ф m animacy unspecified (Latin spelling tȕf)

1. tufa, tuff

References

• “туф”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Tajik

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ptyēw- (“to spit, vomit”). Akin to Ossetian ту (tu, “spittle”), Sanskrit ष्ठीवति (ṣṭhīvati, “to spit”), Armenian թուք (tʻukʻ, “spit, spittle”), Serbo-Croatian pljuvati (“to spit”), Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō, “to spit out”), Latin spuō (“to spit”), English spew.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuf/, [t̪ʰuf]

Noun

туф • (tuf) (Persian spelling تف)

1. spittle, spit

Further reading

• “туф”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2026