# κουφός
## Greek
### Alternative forms

* κωφός (kofós)

### Etymology

From Ancient Greek κωφός (kōphós), which, if related to κηφήν (kēphḗn, “drone, lazy vagabond”), is possibly from Proto-Indo-European *k/gʰ(e/o)h₂bʰ-, but without any other IE cognates; both could be from Pre-Greek.

### Adjective

κουφός • (koufós) m (feminine κουφή, neuter κουφό)
* deaf

#### Declension

| number case \ gender | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| number case \ gender | masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | κουφός • | κουφή • | κουφό • | κουφοί • | κουφές • | κουφά • |
| genitive | κουφού • | κουφής • | κουφού • | κουφών • | κουφών • | κουφών • |
| accusative | κουφό • | κουφή • | κουφό • | κουφούς • | κουφές • | κουφά • |
| vocative | κουφέ • | κουφή • | κουφό • | κουφοί • | κουφές • | κουφά • |
| derivations | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο κουφός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο κουφός, etc.) | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο κουφός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο κουφός, etc.) | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο κουφός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο κουφός, etc.) | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο κουφός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο κουφός, etc.) | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο κουφός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο κουφός, etc.) | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο κουφός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο κουφός, etc.) |
| comparative | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| comparative | masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | κουφότερος • | κουφότερη • | κουφότερο • | κουφότεροι • | κουφότερες • | κουφότερα • |
| genitive | κουφότερου • | κουφότερης • | κουφότερου • | κουφότερων • | κουφότερων • | κουφότερων • |
| accusative | κουφότερο • | κουφότερη • | κουφότερο • | κουφότερους • | κουφότερες • | κουφότερα • |
| vocative | κουφότερε • | κουφότερη • | κουφότερο • | κουφότεροι • | κουφότερες • | κουφότερα • |
| derivations | relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο κουφότερος", etc) | relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο κουφότερος", etc) | relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο κουφότερος", etc) | relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο κουφότερος", etc) | relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο κουφότερος", etc) | relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο κουφότερος", etc) |

#### Related terms

* κώφωση f (kófosi, “deafness”)
* κωφάλαλος (kofálalos)

#### See also

* άλαλος (álalos, “mute, dumb”)
* τυφλός (tyflós, “blind”)

### References

* Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

### Further reading

* κουφός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language