blaf

Forms

blaf m (plural blaffen, diminutive blafje n)^[1]

Etymology

It is a noun from Dutch blaffen (“to bark”), formed from the verb.^[1][2] The verb is Middle Dutch blaffen, recorded from the middle of the 14th century, an imitative formation that the EWN tentatively connects with blaten and blèren.^[3][4]

Meanings

Noun

1. barking, the act of barking.^[5]
2. A single bark of a dog.^[5][1]

Related words

• blaffen

Usage notes

In Surinamese Dutch blaf is a variant of braf, a thick soup of meat or fish stock, recorded in this form from 1828.^[6] An adjective blaf “flat, broad” (of a face or forehead) is recorded by Kiliaan in 1599 and survives in Low German.^[2]

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b Vries, Matthias de; Winkel, L. A. te, et al. (1882–1998), Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, 29 vols., 's-Gravenhage / Leiden: Nijhoff / Sijthoff / SDU; supplement 2001; gtb.ivdnt.org
3. ^ Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; Sijs, Nicoline van der (2003–2009), Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands, 4 vols., Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press; online via etymologiebank.nl
4. ^ Sijs, Nicoline van der (2001), Chronologisch woordenboek: de ouderdom en herkomst van onze woorden en betekenissen, Amsterdam / Antwerpen: Veen
5. ^ a b Van Dale Groot woordenboek hedendaags Nederlands (2014), Utrecht / Antwerpen: Van Dale Uitgevers
6. ^ Donselaar, J. van (1989), Woordenboek van het Surinaams-Nederlands, Muiderberg: Coutinho