thiaf

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• (Old West Frisian) tiēf

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þeub (“thief”). Cognate with Old English þēof, Old Saxon thiof.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθi̯aːf/

Noun

thiāf m

1. thief

Inflection

Declension of thiāf (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	thiāf	thiāvar, thiāva
accusative	thiāf	thiāvar, thiāva
genitive	thiāvs	thiāva
dative	thiāv	thiāvum, thiāvem

Related terms

• thiūfster f

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: tiif

• Saterland Frisian: Tjoof
• West Frisian: tsjeaf

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 29