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Middle English
Noun
mastif
- Alternative form of mastyf
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English mastiff, from Middle English mastif, mastyf, from Old French mastin, from Vulgar Latin *mansuetinus, from Latin mānsuētus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmas.tif/
- Rhymes: -astif
- Syllabification: mas‧tif
Noun
mastif m animal
- mastiff
Declension
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Further reading
- mastif in Polish dictionaries at PWN