dout
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See also: dö ut
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -aʊt
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English doute (“doubt”). More at doubt.
Noun[edit]
dout
Etymology 2[edit]
Blend of do + out, from Middle English don ut (“do out”). Compare don, doff, dup.
Verb[edit]
dout (third-person singular simple present douts, present participle douting, simple past and past participle douted)
- (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To put out; quench; extinguish; douse.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 86, column 1:
- Mount them, and make inciſion in their Hides, / That their hot blood may ſpin in Engliſh eyes, / And doubt them with ſuperfluous courage : ha.
- 1893, J. Keighley Snowden, “The Angel Barmaid”, in Tales of the Yorkshire Worlds, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, page 136:
- The fire she lit in every breast was fanned rather than douted by the rumour presently puffed abroad that she was the recipient of letters addressed in a man’s handwriting.
Related terms[edit]
- douter, a cone-shaped device with a handle for extinguishing a candle and stopping the smoke.
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Czech dúti, from Proto-Slavic *duti. Doublet of dmout.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
dout impf
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation
Infinitive | dout, douti | Active adjective | dující |
---|---|---|---|
Verbal noun | — | Passive adjective | — |
Present forms | indicative | imperative | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | singular | plural | |
1st person | duji, duju (coll.) |
dujeme | — | dujme |
2nd person | duješ | dujete | duj | dujte |
3rd person | duje | dují, dujou (coll.) |
— | — |
Participles | Past participles | Passive participles | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | singular | plural | |
masculine animate | dul | duli | — | — |
masculine inanimate | duly | — | ||
feminine | dula | — | ||
neuter | dulo | dula | — | — |
Transgressives | present | past |
---|---|---|
masculine singular | duje | — |
feminine + neuter singular | dujíc | — |
plural | dujíce | — |
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- douti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- douti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Luxembourgish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old High German *dōd (attested in inflections), northern variant of tōt, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Cognate with German tot, Dutch dood, English dead, Icelandic dauður.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
dout (masculine douden, neuter dout, comparative méi dout, superlative am doutsten)
Declension[edit]
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms[edit]
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