knif
Middle English
editNoun
editknif
- Alternative form of knyf
Usage notes
editIn Middle English, if a vowel, especially i or y, was followed by a consonant, the consonant being itself followed by a silent e, the vowel would still be long if the e was omitted, so it was sometimes omitted.
Silesian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Kniff (“crease, trick”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editknif m inan
Further reading
edit- Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “knif”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 137
Swedish
editNoun
editknif
Anagrams
editCategories:
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Silesian terms borrowed from German
- Silesian terms derived from German
- Silesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Silesian/if
- Rhymes:Silesian/if/1 syllable
- Silesian lemmas
- Silesian nouns
- Silesian masculine nouns
- Silesian inanimate nouns
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish obsolete forms