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gryf

See also: Gryf

Old Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle High German grīf.[1][2] First attested in 1412.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɡrɨf/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɡrɨf/

Noun

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gryf m animacy unattested

  1. griffin
    • 1895 [1412], Archiwum Komisji Prawniczej. Collectanea ex Archivo Collegii Iuridici‎[3], volume VIIIa, page 118:
      Nobiles, qui in clippeo suo defferunt griff
      [Nobiles, qui in clippeo suo defferunt gryf]

Descendants

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  • Polish: gryf

References

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “gryf”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “gryf”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

Polish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Polish gryf.[1][2] Displaced nóg.

Noun

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gryf m animal

  2. griffin (mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle) [from 15th c.][3]
  3. (heraldry, Middle Polish) griffin (depiction of a griffin) [16th c.][4]
Declension
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Declension of gryf
singular plural
nominative gryf gryfy
genitive gryfa gryfów
dative gryfowi gryfom
accusative gryfa gryfy
instrumental gryfem gryfami
locative gryfie gryfach
vocative gryfie gryfy

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from German Griff (“grip, handle”).[1][5][6] Sense 2 is a semantic loan from German Griffbrett.[2] Possibly a doublet of gryf (“talon”). First attested in 1769–1777.[7]

Noun

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gryf m inan

  2. (archaic) grip (handle or other place to grip) [18th–20th c.][8]
    Synonym: uchwyt
  4. (music) neck (extension of a stringed instrument) [from 18th c.][7]
  6. bar (straight rod with grip for weightlifting to which weights are attached) [from 20th c.]
Declension
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Declension of gryf
singular plural
nominative gryf gryfy
genitive gryfu gryfów
dative gryfowi gryfom
accusative gryf gryfy
instrumental gryfem gryfami
locative gryfie gryfach
vocative gryfie gryfy

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from French griffe (“talon”),[2] from Middle French griffe, either deverbal from griffer, which see, or through an unattested Old French noun from Old High German grif, from Proto-Germanic *gripiz, which would make it a doublet of gryf (“grip”). First attested in 1807.[2]

Noun

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gryf m inan

  1. (obsolete) talon, claw (sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal)
    Synonyms: pazur, szpon
Declension
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Declension of gryf
singular plural
nominative gryf gryfy
genitive gryfu gryfów
dative gryfowi gryfom
accusative gryf gryfy
instrumental gryfem gryfami
locative gryfie gryfach
vocative gryfie gryfy

Etymology 4

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Borrowed from French greffe (“scion”).[2] First attested in the 19th century.[9]

Noun

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gryf m inan

  1. (obsolete, horticulture) scion (detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense) [19th c.][9][10]
    Synonym: zraz
Declension
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Declension of gryf
singular plural
nominative gryf gryfy
genitive gryfu gryfów
dative gryfowi gryfom
accusative gryf gryfy
instrumental gryfem gryfami
locative gryfie gryfach
vocative gryfie gryfy

Etymology 5

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Borrowed from German Zugriff (“access”).

Noun

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gryf m inan

  1. (law) clause or condition in a legal document against unauthorized disclosure (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
Declension
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Declension of gryf
singular plural
nominative gryf gryfy
genitive gryfu gryfów
dative gryfowi gryfom
accusative gryf gryfy
instrumental gryfem gryfami
locative gryfie gryfach
vocative gryfie gryfy

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “gryf”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “gryf”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  3. ^ B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “gryf”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
  4. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “gryf, Gryfus”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  5. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “gryf”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  6. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “gryf”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “gryf”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[1]
  8. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “gryf”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “gryf”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎[2]
  10. ^ J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “gryf”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 926

Further reading

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  • gryf in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gryf in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • gryf in PWN's encyclopedia
  • gryf in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
  • “GRYF”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2012 July 2
  •   M. Arcta Słownik Staropolski/Gryf on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource pl

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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gryf

  1. Soft mutation of cryf.

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cryf gryf nghryf chryf
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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