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zif

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Volapük

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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zif (nominative plural zifs)

  1. 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

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Declension of zif
singular plural
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

Derived terms

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