huf

See also: Huf, HUF, hûf, hüf, and hu̐f

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xuːf/, [huːf]

Noun

huf m

1. horned owl

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “húf”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Polish

Alternative forms

• uf (Middle Polish)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish uf.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈxuf/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈxuf/

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• Rhymes: -uf
• Syllabification: huf
• Homophone: chów

Noun

huf m inan

1. (historical, military) regiment (group of soldiers under many banners)

   Synonym: hufiec

Declension

Declension of huf

	singular	plural
nominative	huf	hufy
genitive	hufu	hufów
dative	hufowi	hufom
accusative	huf	hufy
instrumental	hufem	hufami
locative	hufie	hufach
vocative	hufie	hufy

Derived terms

noun

• hufiec

 

Related terms

adjective

• hufcowy

 

adverb

• hufcowo

 

nouns

• hufce
• hufcowa
• hufcowy
• hufczyk

 

Further reading

• huf in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “uf”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “huf”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “huf”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “huf”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 60