griff
See also: Griff
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Shortened from earlier griffin.
Noun
griff (plural griffs)
Etymology 2
Noun
griff (plural griffs)
- (obsolete) grasp; reach
- Holland
- A vein of gold ore within one spade's griff.
- Holland
- (weaving) An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
Etymology 3
Alternative forms
Noun
griff (uncountable)
- (colloquial, slang) marijuana.
Derived terms
German
Verb
griff
- (deprecated template usage) First-person singular preterite of greifen.
- (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular preterite of greifen.
Hungarian
Etymology
From German Gryph, from Latin gryphus, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
griff (plural griffek)
- griffin (a mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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 |
Synonyms
References
- ^ griff in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
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