griff
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See also: Griff
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɹɪf/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪf
Etymology 1
Shortened from earlier griffin.
Noun
griff (plural griffs)
Etymology 2
Noun
griff (plural griffs)
- (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
- (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. , volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton , →OCLC.
Etymology 3
Alternative forms
Noun
griff (uncountable)
- (colloquial, slang) marijuana.
Derived terms
German
Verb
griff
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)
- 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
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.)
Further reading
- (griffin ): griff in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (grip, handle; sense, skill): griff in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN