rif

See also: RIF and Rif

English

Verb

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

1. Alternative 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

• FIR, Fri, IFR, IRF, RFI, fir

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch rif. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

rif (plural riwwe)

1. reef

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• reef

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɪf/
• Rhymes: -ɪf

• Audio

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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

• koraalrif

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

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Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɪːv/
• Rhymes: -ɪːv

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

• (rib): rifbein

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Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

rif n

1. rib

Declension

Declension of rif (ja-stem)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rif	rifit	rif	rifin
accusative	rif	rifit	rif	rifin
dative	rifi	rifino	rifiom	rifionom
genitive	rifs	rifsins	rifia	rifianna

Descendants

• Swedish: rev, revben

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Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *rif-

Verb

rif

1. to pluck, to break off

References

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

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riːv/

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.