Old English · adjective

dox

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /doks/
Syllables: doks (1 syllable)
Modern English: dusk swarthy dark

Meaning

dark, swarthy

Declension

Strong declension of dox
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dox	dox	dox
Accusative	doxne	doxe	dox
Genitive	doxes	doxre	doxes
Dative	doxum	doxre	doxum
Instrumental	doxe	doxre	doxe
Plural
Nominative	doxe	doxa doxe	dox
Accusative	doxe	doxa doxe	dox
Genitive	doxra	doxra	doxra
Dative	doxum	doxum	doxum
Instrumental	doxum	doxum	doxum

Weak declension of dox
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	doxa	doxe	doxe
Accusative	doxan	doxan	doxe
Genitive	doxan	doxan	doxan
Dative	doxan	doxan	doxan
Instrumental	doxan	doxan	doxan
Plural
Nominative	doxan	doxan	doxan
Accusative	doxan	doxan	doxan
Genitive	doxra doxena	doxra doxena	doxra doxena
Dative	doxum	doxum	doxum
Instrumental	doxum	doxum	doxum

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *duskaz (“dark, smoky”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂s- (compare Old Irish donn (“dark”), Latin fuscus (“dark, dusky”), Sanskrit धूसर (dhūsara, “dust-colored”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, mist, haze”).

Descendants

dusk

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