tifan

Volapük

Etymology

From tif +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈfan/

Noun

tifan (nominative plural tifans)

1. thief
   • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: VI:

     No konletolsöd oles divis su taled, kö tien e ruil distukons, e kö tifans nübreikoms e tifoms!

     Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and woodworm destroy them and thieves can break in and steal.

Declension

declension of tifan

	singular	plural
nominative	tifan	tifans
genitive	tifana	tifanas
dative	tifane	tifanes
accusative	tifani	tifanis
vocative 1	o tifan!	o tifans!
predicative 2	tifanu	tifanus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only