torf

See also: Torf

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse torf, from Proto-Germanic *turbz. Akin to English turf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰɔrv/
• Rhymes: -ɔrv

Noun

torf n (genitive singular torfs, nominative plural torf)

1. sod, turf

Declension

Declension of torf (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	torf	torfið	torf	torfin
accusative	torf	torfið	torf	torfin
dative	torfi	torfinu	torfum	torfunum
genitive	torfs	torfsins	torfa	torfanna

Related terms

• torfa

Polish

torf

Etymology

Borrowed from German Torf, from Middle Low German torf, from Old Saxon turf, *torf, from Proto-Germanic *turbz, from Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔrf/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔrf/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔrf
• Syllabification: torf

Noun

torf m inan

1. (geology) peat (soil)

Declension

Declension of torf

	singular
nominative	torf
genitive	torfu
dative	torfowi
accusative	torf
instrumental	torfem
locative	torfie
vocative	torfie

Noun

torf f

1. Alternative form of torf

Further reading

• torf in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• torf in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “torf”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 24

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh torf, from Proto-Brythonic *torv, from Latin turba (“crowd”). Doublet of twrf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔrv/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔrv

Noun

torf f (plural torfeydd or torfoedd or torfau)

1. crowd

Derived terms

• seindorf

Mutation

Mutated forms of torf

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
torf	dorf	nhorf	thorf

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “torf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies