rif
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[edit]English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɪf
Verb
[edit]rif (third-person singular simple present rifs, present participle riffing, simple past and past participle riffed)
- Alternative letter-case 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.
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[edit]Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch rif, Middle Dutch rif, ref, from Old Norse rif (literally “rib”), from Proto-Germanic *ribją.
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Noun
[edit]rif (plural riwwe)
Dutch
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch rif, ref, from Old Norse rif (literally “rib”), from Proto-Germanic *ribją.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rif n (plural riffen, diminutive rifje n)
- reef: a chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water
Derived terms
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[edit]Noun
[edit]rif n (plural reven, diminutive rifje n)
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Norse rif, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rif n (genitive singular rifs, nominative plural rif)
Declension
[edit]Old Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse rif, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.
Noun
[edit]rif n
Declension
[edit]Declension of rif (strong ja-stem)
Descendants
[edit]Somali
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Cushitic *rif-. Cognates include Oromo rifuu.
Verb
[edit]rif
References
[edit]- “rif” In: Abdullah Umar Mansur (1985) Qaamuska Afsoomaliga.
Welsh
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rif
- Soft mutation of rhif.
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