Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From English sheriff.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃɛrif], [ˈʃɛrifː] (the latter is less common)
  • Hyphenation: se‧riff
  • Rhymes: -if, -ifː

Noun edit

seriff (plural seriffek)

  1. sheriff

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative seriff seriffek
accusative seriffet seriffeket
dative seriffnek seriffeknek
instrumental seriffel seriffekkel
causal-final seriffért seriffekért
translative seriffé seriffekké
terminative seriffig seriffekig
essive-formal seriffként seriffekként
essive-modal
inessive seriffben seriffekben
superessive seriffen seriffeken
adessive seriffnél seriffeknél
illative seriffbe seriffekbe
sublative seriffre seriffekre
allative seriffhez seriffekhez
elative seriffből seriffekből
delative seriffről seriffekről
ablative serifftől seriffektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
seriffé seriffeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
serifféi seriffekéi
Possessive forms of seriff
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. seriffem seriffjeim
2nd person sing. seriffed seriffjeid
3rd person sing. seriffje seriffjei
1st person plural seriffünk seriffjeink
2nd person plural seriffetek seriffjeitek
3rd person plural seriffjük seriffjeik

See also edit

  • serif (serif, synonym of betűtalp, a short line added to the end of a stroke in traditional typefaces, such as Times New Roman)

Further reading edit

  • (superseded spelling for the law enforcement official) serif in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh.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

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English serif. Attested since 1979.

Noun edit

seriff c

  1. (typography) serif

Declension edit

Declension of seriff 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative seriff seriffen seriffer serifferna
Genitive seriffs seriffens seriffers seriffernas

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