zif
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See also: ZIF
Volapük
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]zif (nominative plural zifs)
- town, city
- 1940, “Pro yunanef Nedänik”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, pages 30, 37:
- Ziom oba binom bumavan, bumom domis in zif.
- My uncle is an architect, he builds houses in the city.
- 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: V:
- Binols lit vola. Zif, kel topon löpo su bel, no kanon binön klänedik.
- You are light for the world. A city built on a hill-top cannot be hidden.
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | zif | zifs |
genitive | zifa | zifas |
dative | zife | zifes |
accusative | zifi | zifis |
vocative 1 | o zif! | o zifs! |
predicative 2 | zifu | zifus |
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only