graff
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɑːf, -æf
- Homophones: graph
Etymology 1
Noun
graff (plural graffs)
- (botany, archaic) Alternative form of graft
- (obsolete) A steward; an overseer.
- John Knox
- [A prince] is nothing but a servant, overseer, or graff, and not the head, which is a title belonging only to Christ.
- John Knox
Verb
graff (third-person singular simple present graffs, present participle graffing, simple past and past participle graffed)
- (botany, archaic) Alternative form of graft
- (Can we date this quote?), Francois Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book IV.[1]:
- Truly, said Pantagruel, if I live to go home--which I hope will be speedily, God willing--I'll set off and graff some in my garden in Touraine, by the banks of the Loire, and will call them bon-Christian or good-Christian pears, for I never saw better Christians than are these good Papimans.
- 1831, William Stewart Rose, Orlando Furioso[2]:
- For where men look for fruit they graff the tree, And study still the rising plant to train; And artist uses to refine the gold Designed by him the precious gem to hold.
Etymology 2
Noun
graff (uncountable)
French
Noun
graff m (plural graffs)
Derived terms
Luxembourgish
Etymology
Cognate with German grob, Dutch grof.
Pronunciation
Adjective
graff (masculine graffen, neuter grafft, comparative méi graff, superlative am graffsten)
Declension
declension of graff
number and gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass graff | si ass graff | et ass graff | si si(nn) graff | |
nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | graffen | graff | grafft | graff |
independent without determiner | graffes | graffer | |||
dative | after any declined word | graffen | graffer | graffen | graffen |
as first declined word | graffem | graffem |
Welsh
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
graff m (plural graffau or graffiau)
- graph (mathematical diagram)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
graff | raff | ngraff | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
graff
- Soft mutation of craff.
Mutation
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