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Old English · adjective

geþuf

Normalised ġeþūf

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/jeˈθuːf/
Syllables
je · ˈθuːf (2 syllables)
Modern English
growinglushluxuriouslybushydensethicklyleavesleafy

Meaning

  1. growing luxuriously, lush

  2. having leaves or foliage

  3. having leaves, leafy, bushy

  4. growing thickly together, dense, bushy

Declension

Strong declension of geþuf
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ġeþūfġeþūfġeþūf
Accusative ġeþūfneġeþūfeġeþūf
Genitive ġeþūfesġeþūfreġeþūfes
Dative ġeþūfumġeþūfreġeþūfum
Instrumental ġeþūfeġeþūfreġeþūfe
Plural
Nominative ġeþūfeġeþūfaġeþūfeġeþūf
Accusative ġeþūfeġeþūfaġeþūfeġeþūf
Genitive ġeþūfraġeþūfraġeþūfra
Dative ġeþūfumġeþūfumġeþūfum
Instrumental ġeþūfumġeþūfumġeþūfum
Weak declension of geþuf
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ġeþūfaġeþūfeġeþūfe
Accusative ġeþūfanġeþūfanġeþūfe
Genitive ġeþūfanġeþūfanġeþūfan
Dative ġeþūfanġeþūfanġeþūfan
Instrumental ġeþūfanġeþūfanġeþūfan
Plural
Nominative ġeþūfanġeþūfanġeþūfan
Accusative ġeþūfanġeþūfanġeþūfan
Genitive ġeþūfraġeþūfenaġeþūfraġeþūfenaġeþūfraġeþūfena
Dative ġeþūfumġeþūfumġeþūfum
Instrumental ġeþūfumġeþūfumġeþūfum

All forms (10)

Etymology

From ġe- + *þūf (“lush, thriving”), from Proto-West Germanic *þūb (“lush”), from Proto-Germanic *þūbaz (“flourishing, thriving”).

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