griff

See also: Griff

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹɪf/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Homophone: griffe
• Rhymes: -ɪf

Etymology 1

Shortened from earlier griffin.

Noun

griff (plural griffs)

1. (informal) Clipping of griffin.

   Alternative form: gryph

   • 1997 October 22, Ratty, “How to handle against human submarines?”, in alt.games.warcraft‎^[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 5 December 2025:

     problem with griffs is that they r tooo weak to take a town by itself, cuz they take forever and by the time they r finished with a building, the enm has already got together some defense and is ready to kick the griffs a**....

   • 1999 June 22, Riprock, “Griffins confuse me”, in alt.games.everquest‎^[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 5 December 2025:

     Diff griffs con differently. Next time one flies righ^[sic] over you, /con it to see how it sees you. Some con "ready to attack" to me and some /con "Indifferently" and anywhere in between.

   • 1999 July 8, Kevin McGuire, “Anyone Play Magic and mayhem...anyone??”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic‎^[3] (Usenet), archived from the original on 5 December 2025:

     Lure will get the mage some breathing room, so it isn't an absolute kill (and Stone Gaze can really hurt the griffs), but it sure is fun.

2. (India) griffin, (white) newcomer

Related terms

• hippogriff

Etymology 2

Compare grip, gripe.

Noun

griff (plural griffs)

1. (obsolete) grasp; reach
   • 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:

     A vaine of gold ore within one spades griffe in the first turfe of the ground

2. (weaving) An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods.

References

• Edward H[enry] Knight (1877), “Griff”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• grefa, griefo, griefs, grifa, griffa, griffo

Noun

griff (uncountable)

1. (colloquial, slang) marijuana.

Derived terms

• green griff
• griff house

German

Verb

griff

1. first/third-person singular preterite of greifen

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Gryph, from Latin gryphus, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡrifː]
• Hyphenation: griff
• Rhymes: -ifː

Noun

griff (plural griffek)

1. griffin (a mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle)

   Synonym: griffmadár

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	griff	griffek
accusative	griffet	griffeket
dative	griffnek	griffeknek
instrumental	griffel	griffekkel
causal-final	griffért	griffekért
translative	griffé	griffekké
terminative	griffig	griffekig
essive-formal	griffként	griffekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	griffben	griffekben
superessive	griffen	griffeken
adessive	griffnél	griffeknél
illative	griffbe	griffekbe
sublative	griffre	griffekre
allative	griffhez	griffekhez
elative	griffből	griffekből
delative	griffről	griffekről
ablative	grifftől	griffektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	griffé	griffeké
non-attributive possessive – plural	grifféi	griffekéi

Possessive forms of griff

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	griffem	griffjeim
2nd person sing.	griffed	griffjeid
3rd person sing.	griffje	griffjei
1st person plural	griffünk	griffjeink
2nd person plural	griffetek	griffjeitek
3rd person plural	griffjük	griffjeik

Derived terms

Compound words

• griffmadár

Further reading

• (griffin [bird]): griff in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• (grip, handle; sense, skill): griff in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.