mastyf

Middle English

Alternative forms

mastif, masty, mastyff, mestyf, maystyf, mestif

Etymology

From Old French mastin (modern French mâtin), from Vulgar Latin *mansuetinus (“tamed (animal)”), from Latin mansuetus (“tamed”). The final -f is due to influence from Old French mestif; some forms have totally assimilated to that word.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /masˈtiːf/, /ˈmastif/

Noun

mastyf (plural mastyves or mastyfes)

mastiff

Descendants

English: mastiff
- → Welsh: mastiff
Scots: mastiff

References

“mastī̆f, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-12.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English mastiff, from Middle English mastif, mastyf, from Old French mastin, from Vulgar Latin *mansuetinus, from Latin mānsuētus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmas.tɨf/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -astɨf
Syllabification: mas‧tyf

Noun

mastyf m animal

Alternative form of mastif

Declension

Declension of mastyf

	singular	plural
nominative	mastyf	mastyfy
genitive	mastyfa	mastyfów
dative	mastyfowi	mastyfom
accusative	mastyfa	mastyfy
instrumental	mastyfem	mastyfami
locative	mastyfie	mastyfach
vocative	mastyfie	mastyfy

Derived terms

adjective

mastyfowy

Further reading

mastyf in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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