gryf

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German grīf. First attested in 1412.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /ɡrɨf/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ɡrɨf/

Noun

gryf m animacy unattested

1. griffin
   • 1895 [1412], Archiwum Komisji Prawniczej. Collectanea ex Archivo Collegii Iuridici‎, volume VIIIa, page 118:

     Nobiles, qui in clippeo suo defferunt griff

     [Nobiles, qui in clippeo suo defferunt gryf]

Descendants

• Polish: gryf

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “gryf”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɨf/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɨf/

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• Rhymes: -ɨf
• Syllabification: gryf
• Homophone: Gryf

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish gryf. Displaced nóg.

Noun

gryf m animal

2. griffin (mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle)
3. (heraldry, Middle Polish) griffin (depiction of a griffin)

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Griff (“grip, handle”). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from German Griffbrett. Possibly a doublet of gryf (“talon”). First attested in 1769–1777.

Noun

gryf m inan

2. (archaic) grip (handle or other place to grip)

   Synonym: uchwyt

4. (music) neck (extension of a stringed instrument)
6. bar (straight rod with grip for weightlifting to which weights are attached)

Declension

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French griffe (“talon”), from Middle French griffe, either deverbal from griffer, which see, or through an unattested Old French noun from Old High German grif, from Proto-Germanic *gripiz, which would make it a doublet of gryf (“grip”). First attested in 1807.

Noun

gryf m inan

1. (obsolete) talon, claw (sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal)

   Synonyms: pazur, szpon

Declension

Etymology 4

Borrowed from French greffe (“scion”). First attested in the 19th century.

Noun

gryf m inan

1. (obsolete, horticulture) scion (detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense)

   Synonym: zraz

Declension

Etymology 5

Borrowed from German Zugriff (“access”).

Noun

gryf m inan

1. (law) clause or condition in a legal document against unauthorized disclosure (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

Declension

References

Further reading

• gryf in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gryf in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• gryf in PWN's encyclopedia
• gryf in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
• “GRYF”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2012 July 2
• M. Arcta Słownik Staropolski/Gryf on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource ^pl

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡrɨːv/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡriːv/

Adjective

gryf

1. Soft mutation of cryf.

Mutation