griff
See also: Griff
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Shortened from earlier griffin.
Noun edit
griff (plural griffs)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
griff (plural griffs)
- (obsolete) grasp; reach
- 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, published 1635, →OCLC:
- A vaine of gold ore within one spades griffe in the first turfe of the ground
- (weaving) An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods.
References edit
- Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Griff”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.
Etymology 3 edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
griff (uncountable)
- (colloquial, slang) marijuana.
Derived terms edit
German edit
Verb edit
griff
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From German Gryph, from Latin gryphus, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
griff (plural griffek)
- griffin (a mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle)
- Synonym: griffmadár
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | griff | griffek |
accusative | griffet | griffeket |
dative | griffnek | griffeknek |
instrumental | griffel | griffekkel |
causal-final | griffért | griffekért |
translative | griffé | griffekké |
terminative | griffig | griffekig |
essive-formal | griffként | griffekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | griffben | griffekben |
superessive | griffen | griffeken |
adessive | griffnél | griffeknél |
illative | griffbe | griffekbe |
sublative | griffre | griffekre |
allative | griffhez | griffekhez |
elative | griffből | griffekből |
delative | griffről | griffekről |
ablative | grifftől | griffektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
griffé | griffeké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
grifféi | griffekéi |
Possessive forms of griff | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | griffem | griffjeim |
2nd person sing. | griffed | griffjeid |
3rd person sing. | griffje | griffjei |
1st person plural | griffünk | griffjeink |
2nd person plural | griffetek | griffjeitek |
3rd person plural | griffjük | griffjeik |
Derived terms edit
Compound words
References edit
- ^ griff in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading edit
- (griffin [bird]): griff 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
- (grip, handle; sense, skill): griff 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