rif
EnglishEdit
VerbEdit
rif (third-person singular simple present rifs, present participle riffing, simple past and past participle riffed)
- 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.
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch rif. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
NounEdit
rif (plural riwwe)
DutchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch rif, ref, from Old Norse rif (literally “rib”), from Proto-Germanic *ribją.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
rif n (plural riffen, diminutive rifje n)
- reef: a chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
NounEdit
rif n (plural reven, diminutive rifje n)
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse rif, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
rif n (genitive singular rifs, nominative plural rif)
DeclensionEdit
declension of rif
SynonymsEdit
- (rib): rifbein
Old SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse rif, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.
NounEdit
rif n
DeclensionEdit
Declension of rif (ja-stem)
DescendantsEdit
SomaliEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Cushitic *rif-
VerbEdit
rif
ReferencesEdit
- “rif” In: Abdullah Umar Mansur (1985) Qaamuska Afsoomaliga.
WelshEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
rif
- Soft mutation of rhif.
MutationEdit
Welsh mutation | |||
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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. |