daufur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse daufr, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtøyːvʏr/

  Rhymes: -øyːvʏr

Adjective

daufur (comparative daufari, superlative daufastur)

1. (dated) deaf

   Synonym: heyrnarlaus

2. dull
3. lifeless, vapid
4. pallid, wan

Inflection

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	daufur	dauf	dauft
accusative	daufan	daufa	dauft
dative	daufum	daufri	daufu
genitive	daufs	daufrar	daufs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	daufir	daufar	dauf
accusative	daufa	daufar	dauf
dative	daufum	daufum	daufum
genitive	daufra	daufra	daufra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	daufi	daufa	daufa
accusative	daufa	daufu	daufa
dative	daufa	daufu	daufa
genitive	daufa	daufu	daufa
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	daufu	daufu	daufu
accusative	daufu	daufu	daufu
dative	daufu	daufu	daufu
genitive	daufu	daufu	daufu

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	daufari	daufari	daufara
accusative	daufari	daufari	daufara
dative	daufari	daufari	daufara
genitive	daufari	daufari	daufara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	daufari	daufari	daufari
accusative	daufari	daufari	daufari
dative	daufari	daufari	daufari
genitive	daufari	daufari	daufari

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	daufastur	daufust	daufast
accusative	daufastan	daufasta	daufast
dative	daufustum	daufastri	daufustu
genitive	daufasts	daufastrar	daufasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	daufastir	daufastar	daufust
accusative	daufasta	daufastar	daufust
dative	daufustum	daufustum	daufustum
genitive	daufastra	daufastra	daufastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	daufasti	daufasta	daufasta
accusative	daufasta	daufustu	daufasta
dative	daufasta	daufustu	daufasta
genitive	daufasta	daufustu	daufasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	daufustu	daufustu	daufustu
accusative	daufustu	daufustu	daufustu
dative	daufustu	daufustu	daufustu
genitive	daufustu	daufustu	daufustu

Derived terms

• deyfð (“apathy, inertia”)