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gryf.

griffin (mythical creature with the body of a lion and head and wings of an eagle)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡrɘf//ɡrɨf/Middle, Polish
  1. griffin (mythical creature with the body of a lion and head and wings of an eagle)

    animal-not-person · masculine
  2. griffin (depiction of a griffin)

    Middle · Polish · animal-not-person · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Polish gryf. Displaced nóg.

noun/ˈɡrɘf//ɡrɨf/Middle, Polish
  1. grip (handle or other place to grip)

    archaic · inanimate · masculine
  2. neck (extension of a stringed instrument)

    inanimate · masculine
  3. bar (straight rod with grip for weightlifting to which weights are attached)

    inanimate · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from German Griff (“grip, handle”). Etymology 2 sense 2 is a semantic loan from German Griffbrett. Possibly a doublet of gryf (“talon”). First attested in 1769–1777.

noun/ˈɡrɘf//ɡrɨf/Middle, Polish
  1. clause or condition in a legal document against unauthorized disclosure

    inanimate · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from German Zugriff (“access”).

noun/ˈɡrɘf//ɡrɨf/Middle, Polish
  1. scion (detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense)

    inanimate · masculine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French greffe (“scion”). First attested in the 19th century.

noun/ˈɡrɘf//ɡrɨf/Middle, Polish
  1. talon, claw (sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal)

    inanimate · masculine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French griffe (“talon”), from Middle French griffe, either deverbal from griffer, which see, or through an unattested Old French noun from Old High German grif, from Proto-Germanic *gripiz, which would make it a doublet of gryf (“grip”). First attested in 1807.

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