dwarf

Etymology
From, , , from , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬; 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬); 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬); 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬); 🇨🇬,, (🇨🇬, ); 🇨🇬,  (🇨🇬).

The Modern English noun has undergone complex phonetic changes. The form dwarf is the regular continuation of, but the plural would have given rise to  and the oblique stem  would have led to. These forms are sometimes found as the nominative singular in Middle English texts and in English dialects. A parallel case is that of giving burgh, borough, burrow, bury.

Noun

 * 1)  Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.
 * 2)  A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.
 * 3) An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
 * 4)  A dwarf star.
 * 1) An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
 * 2)  A dwarf star.
 * 1)  A dwarf star.
 * 1)  A dwarf star.
 * 1)  A dwarf star.
 * 1)  A dwarf star.

Usage notes
At first, was the common plural in English, and  was considered incorrect. After used  in his works, that form became the standard for the plural of the mythological beings. For a non-mythological dwarf (people with dwarfism, small plants, animals, planets, stars, etc.), has remained the preferred plural form. The use of dwarf to describe people with dwarfism is currently considered to be offensive by some.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: قَزَم
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: ficiu
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani: cırtdan
 * Belarusian: ка́рлік, гном
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 矮人
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, skřítek, pidimužík, permoník
 * Danish: dværg
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: kääbus
 * Faroese: dvørgur
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Old French: nain
 * Galician:, nano
 * Georgian:, ცეროდენა, ქონდრისკაცი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: νᾶνος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish:
 * Middle Irish: abacc
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ドワーフ,, ,
 * Kazakh: ергежейлі, қортық, тырбық
 * Korean:, , 드베르그
 * Kyrgyz:, кыдыгый, кидик
 * Lao:
 * Latin: nanus
 * Latvian: rūķis
 * Lithuanian: nykštukas
 * Lombard: nan
 * Low German:
 * Luxembourgish: Zwak
 * Macedonian: џуџе
 * Maltese: nanu
 * Middle English: dwergh
 * North Frisian: Önereersk
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: dweorg
 * Old Norse: dvergr
 * Persian:
 * Polish:,  ,  ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scots: droich
 * Scottish Gaelic: luspardan
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пату́љак
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:, škratica, palček, palčica
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: kijeba
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: пакана, пастак, қадпаст
 * Thai: คนแคระ
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, гном
 * Urdu: بَوْنا
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: chú lùn
 * Welsh: pegor
 * Yiddish: קאַרליק


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: حَنْدَل, حِنْتَار, قَزَم, قَزَمَة
 * Azerbaijani: cırtdan
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Classical Nahuatl: tzapa, tzapatōn, tzapatzin
 * Czech:, skřítek, pidimužík
 * Danish: dværg
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian: ,
 * Esperanto:, nanino
 * Faroese: dvørgur
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, recoteno, sanicouco, tozo
 * Georgian:, ცეროდენა
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: νᾶνος
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, , チビ
 * Khmer: មនុស្សតឿ
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: باڵابستە
 * Lao:, ວາມົນ
 * Latin: nānus, nana, ,
 * Latvian: punduris
 * Low German:
 * Macedonian: џуџе, кепец
 * Maltese: nanu
 * Maori: pūwhenua, roiroi, whena
 * Middle English: dwergh
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: одой хүн
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, anã
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scots: droich
 * Scottish Gaelic: troich
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:, palček, pritlikavec
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: himandak
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: คนแคระ
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese: người lùn
 * Yiddish: קאַרליק
 * Yoruba: aràrá


 * Afrikaans:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Danish: dværg
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, recoteno, sanicouco, tozo, zambullo
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: nanacho, kurtacho
 * Latvian: punduris
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, ,


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: قَزَم
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: dværg
 * Dutch: dwergster,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: anana
 * German:, Zwergstern
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: punduris, pundurzvaigzne
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: anã
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: fo-phlanaid
 * Slovene: pritlikavka
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Basque:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Korean:
 * Low German:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:, , , , ,
 * Roman:, , , , ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: (1)

Adjective

 * 1)  Miniature.

Translations

 * Arabic: قَزَمِيّ
 * Bulgarian: дребен
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: Zwerg-,
 * Hebrew: גַמָּדִי,
 * Japanese: 矮性
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: џуџест
 * Norwegian: dverg-
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: nanico
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: pritlikav
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:

Verb

 * 1)  To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
 * 2)  To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny.
 * 3)  To make appear insignificant.
 * 4)  To become (much) smaller.
 * 5) To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
 * 1)  To make appear insignificant.
 * 2)  To become (much) smaller.
 * 3) To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
 * 1)  To become (much) smaller.
 * 2) To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
 * 1) To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
 * 1) To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.

Translations

 * Dutch: verdwergen
 * Esperanto: plietigi, malgrandigi
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Danish: rage op over (with respect to height)
 * Dutch: in het niet doen verzinken
 * Esperanto: plietigi, malgrandigi
 * Finnish: jättää varjoonsa
 * French:
 * Macedonian: фр́ла во сенка
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: jättää varjoonsa
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Russian:


 * Danish:, krympe
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: plietiĝi, malgrandiĝi
 * Finnish:
 * French: se nanifier,
 * German:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: