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See also: RIF and Rif

English

Pronunciation

Verb

rif (third-person singular simple present rifs, present participle riffing, simple past and past participle riffed)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of RIF
    • 1991, Barbara Czarniawska-Joerges, Peter J. Frost, Reframing Organizational Culture, →ISBN, page 152:
      This sense was expressed in a story about a friend who had been laid off (riffed) in a particularly uncaring manner.
    • 2003, Byron K. Simerson, Michael D. McCormick, Fired, Laid Off, Out of a Job, →ISBN:
      If an employee is not given concrete and objective reasons for being riffed, it may be assumed the decision, "must have been discrimination" due to race, sex, age, ethnic background, or other wrongful basis.
    • 2014, Murray Farish, Inappropriate Behavior: Stories, →ISBN, page 151:
      People are being riffed at her company, too.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch rif, Middle Dutch rif, ref, from Old Norse rif (literally “rib”), from Proto-Germanic *ribją.

Pronunciation

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Noun

rif (plural riwwe)

  1. reef

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch rif, ref, from Old Norse rif (literally “rib”), from Proto-Germanic *ribją.

Pronunciation

Noun

rif n (plural riffen, diminutive rifje n)

  1. reef: a chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Papiamentu: ref, rif

Noun

rif n (plural reven, diminutive rifje n)

  1. (nautical) reef: an arrangement to reduce the area of a sail in a high wind

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rif, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.

Pronunciation

Noun

rif n (genitive singular rifs, nominative plural rif)

  1. rib
  2. reef

Declension

declension of rif
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rif rifið rif rifin
accusative rif rifið rif rifin
dative rifi rifinu rifjum rifjunum
genitive rifs rifsins rifja rifjanna

Synonyms

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse rif, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.

Noun

rif n

  1. rib

Declension

  Declension of rif (strong ja-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rif rifit rif rifin
accusative rif rifit rif rifin
dative rifi rifinu, rifeno rifiom rifiomin, rifiomen
genitive rifs rifsins rifia rifianna

Descendants

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *rif-. Cognates include Oromo rifuu.

Verb

rif

  1. to pluck, to break off

References

  • “rif” In: Abdullah Umar Mansur (1985) Qaamuska Afsoomaliga.

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

rif

  1. Soft mutation of rhif.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhif rif unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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