muf

muf

See also: MUF

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch muf, from muffen, from Middle Dutch muffen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mœf/

Adjective

muf (attributive muwwe, comparative muwwer, superlative mufste)

1. stale, musty (having lost its freshness)

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *muska, from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (“wet”). Cognate with Latvian maût (“to plunge”), Serbo-Croatian mȉti (“to wash”).[1]

Adjective

muf m (feminine mufe)

1. unripe (of figs)
2. (figurative, derogatory) mentally immature

Derived terms

• mufkë

References

1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “muf”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 276

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Dutch

Etymology

From muffen, from Middle Dutch muffen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʏf/

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• Hyphenation: muf
• Rhymes: -ʏf

Adjective

muf (comparative muffer, superlative mufst)

1. stale, musty (having lost its freshness)

Inflection

Inflection of muf
uninflected	muf
inflected	muffe
comparative	muffer
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		muf	muffer	het mufst het mufste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	muffe	muffere	mufste
	n. sing.	muf	muffer	mufste
	plural	muffe	muffere	mufste
definite		muffe	muffere	mufste
partitive		mufs	muffers	—

Derived terms

• mufheid

Descendants

• Afrikaans: muf
• → Papiamentu: mùf, muf

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Volapük

Etymology

Probably from English move.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muf/

Noun

muf (nominative plural mufs)

1. motion, movement
2. movement, trend

Related terms

• mufön