deaf
Meaning
Synonyms
deaf person
be hard of hearing
be stone deaf
hearing impairment
hearing loss
become deaf
become mad
hearing impaired
surdity
anacusia
auditory impairment
hearing disability
be deaf
be without hearing
having no ears
without a kernel
deaf man
teebowed
sourd
sordo
taub
sordo
doof
surdo
sord
sağır
κουφός
أصمFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɛf/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English def, deef, from Old English dēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τυφλός (tuphlós, “blind”). See also dumb. Doublet of daff, dof, and dowf.
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