grif

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɹɪf/ Rhymes: -ɪf === Noun === grif (plural grifs) (dated or historical) Alternative form of griffe (“person of mixed (black and white) race”). === Anagrams === frig == Catalan == === Noun === grif m (plural grifs) alternative form of griu == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Danish gryph, from Latin gryps, Derived from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps). Doublet of grib and kerub. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡʁif] === Noun === grif c (singular definite griffen, plural indefinite griffer) a griffin ==== Inflection ==== === References === “grif” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === Probably by contraction from an older form *gerif, in that form attested in East Frisian and in Gronings, cognate with Dutch gerief (“amenity”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɪf IPA(key): /ɣrɪf/ === Adjective === grif (comparative griffer, superlative grifst) prompt, without hesitation, ready eager ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (eager): gretig == Middle High German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈɡriːf/ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old High German grifo, from Latin grȳps, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps). ==== Alternative forms ==== grīfe ==== Noun ==== grīf m (mythology) griffin, gryphon Alternative form: grīfe ===== Descendants ===== > German: Greif (inherited) → Old Polish: gryf> Polish: gryf (inherited)→ Ukrainian: гриф (hryf) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== grīf second-person singular present imperative of grīfen == Old High German == === Verb === grīf second-person singular present imperative of grīfan == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Griff. === Noun === grif m inan (Cyrillic spelling гриф) (Kajkavian) grip (Kajkavian) handle === Further reading === “grif”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga kajkavskoga književnog jezika [Dictionary of the Croatian Kajkavian literary language] (in Serbo-Croatian), https://kajkavski.hr, 1984–2026