rif
English
Verb
rif (third-person singular simple present rifs, present participle riffing, simple past and past participle riffed)
- Alternative form of RIF
- 1991, Barbara Czarniawska-Joerges & Peter J. Frost, Reframing Organizational Culture, →ISBN, page 152:
- This sense was expressed in a story about a friend who had been laid off (riffed) in a particularly uncaring manner.
- 2003, Byron K. Simerson & Michael D. McCormick, Fired, Laid Off, Out of a Job, →ISBN:
- If an employee is not given concrete and objective reasons for being riffed, it may be assumed the decision, "must have been discrimination" due to race, sex, age, ethnic background, or other wrongful basis.
- 2014, Murray Farish, Inappropriate Behavior: Stories, →ISBN, page 151:
- People are being riffed at her company, too.
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Etymology
From Dutch rif. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
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Noun
rif (plural riwwe)
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Dutch rif, ref, from Old Norse rif (literally “rib”), from Proto-Germanic *ribją.
Pronunciation
Noun
rif n (plural riffen, diminutive rifje n)
- reef: a chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
rif n (plural reven, diminutive rifje n)
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse rif, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.
Pronunciation
Noun
rif n (genitive singular rifs, nominative plural rif)
Declension
Declension of rif | ||||
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n-s | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | rif | rifið | rif | rifin |
accusative | rif | rifið | rif | rifin |
dative | rifi | rifinu | rifjum | rifjunum |
genitive | rifs | rifsins | rifja | rifjanna |
Synonyms
- (rib): rifbein
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse rif, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.
Noun
rif n
Declension
Declension of rif (strong ja-stem)
Descendants
Somali
Etymology
From Proto-Cushitic *rif-. Cognates include Oromo rifuu.
Verb
rif
References
- “rif” In: Abdullah Umar Mansur (1985) Qaamuska Afsoomaliga.
Welsh
Pronunciation
Noun
rif
- Soft mutation of rhif.
Mutation
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