tifan

Volapük

Etymology

From tif +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiˈfan/

Noun

tifan (nominative plural tifans)

  1. thief
    • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: VI:
      No konletolsöd oles divis su taled, kö tien e ruil distukons, e kö tifans nübreikoms e tifoms!
      Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and woodworm destroy them and thieves can break in and steal.

Declension

Declension of tifan
singular plural
nominative tifan tifans
genitive tifana tifanas
dative tifane tifanes
accusative tifani tifanis
vocative 1 o tifan! o tifans!
predicative 2 tifanu tifanus

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

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