neif

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English

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Etymology

From Old French neif, from Latin nātīvā (“female serf”). Doublet of naïf and native.

Pronunciation

Noun

neif (plural neifs)

  1. (historical) A woman born in the state of villeinage; a female serf.

Anagrams

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “neif”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Volapük

Noun

neif (nominative plural neifs)

  1. knife

Declension

declension of neif
singular plural
nominative neif neifs
genitive neifa neifas
dative neife neifes
accusative neifi neifis
vocative 1 o neif! o neifs!
predicative 2 neifu neifus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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