cifazif

Volapük

FWOTD – 18 September 2020

Etymology

Compound of cifa +‎ zif.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃi.faˈt͡sif/, [t͡ʃi.faˈt͡sif], [d͡ʒi.faˈd͡zif]

Noun

cifazif (nominative plural cifazifs)

  1. capital city
    • 1958, "Jit", Volapükagased, no. 2, page 7.
      Ävisitom cifazifis tala, ämafidom jitis kuranas, regas, lampöras - ab läbikum no ävedom.
      He visited the capital cities of the Earth, tried on shirts of courtiers, monarchs, emperors - but he did not become happier.

Declension

Declension of cifazif
singular plural
nominative cifazif cifazifs
genitive cifazifa cifazifas
dative cifazife cifazifes
accusative cifazifi cifazifis
vocative 1 o cifazif! o cifazifs!
predicative 2 cifazifu cifazifus

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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