af

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Translingual

Symbol

af

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Afrikaans.

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɪ̯ˈɛf/, /æf/
• Rhymes: -ɛf, -æf
• Homophone: AF

Adverb

af (not comparable)

1. (Internet slang, text messaging, vulgar) Initialism of as fuck.

   Alternative forms: AF, asf

Etymology 2

1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of after.

Anagrams

• F/A, FA, fa

Afar

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *ʔaf, from Proto-Afroasiatic [Term?]. Cognates include Oromo afaan, Somali af and Saho af, furthermore Amharic አፍ (ʾäf) and Arabic فَم (fam).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaf/ [ˈʔʌf]

Noun

áf m (plural afitté f or afoofá f or afoofí f)

1. mouth
2. cutting edge
3. language

Usage notes

• The plural afitté is used in the southern dialects, whereas afoofá and afoofí are used in the northern dialects.

Declension

Derived terms

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “af”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse af, from Proto-Germanic *ab. Related to English of, off and German ab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a], (in the end of a phrase) [ˈæːˀ]

Preposition

af

1. by

   the active part, originator: En roman af Hemingway - A novel by Hemingway

2. of

   indicating connection: Ejeren af huset - The owner of the house

   in descriptions: En mand af format - A man of stature; Et hus lavet af træ - A house made of wood

   part of: ni ud af ti - nine out of ten

3. from

   of origin: Jeg hørte det af ham - I heard it from him

4. off

   away from: Jeg faldt af cyklen - I fell off the bike

5. with

   caused by: grøn af misundelse - green with envy

6. out of

   motivated by: Han gjorde det af nysgerrighed - He did it out of curiosity

Adverb

af

1. off

   tage sit tøj af - take off one's clothes

2. of

   på grund af - because of

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch af, from Old Dutch af, from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑf/
• Hyphenation: af
• Rhymes: -ɑf

Adverb

af

1. off
2. (postpositional) off, from (implying motion)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Jersey Dutch: âf
• Negerhollands: af
• → Indonesian: af

Adjective

af (used only predicatively, comparative meer af, superlative meest af)

1. finished, done (when working on something)

2. (games) out, dismissed from play under the rules of the game, e.g. by having been tagged

Synonyms

• klaar

Antonyms

• onaf

Gothic

Romanization

af

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐍆

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse af, from Proto-Germanic *ab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːv/
• Rhymes: -aːv

Preposition

af

1. off, from [with dative]
2. of [with dative]
3. by [with dative]

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch af (“off”), from Middle Dutch af, from Old Dutch af, from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaf]
• Hyphenation: af

Noun

af

1. (medicine, surgery) off; removal.

Further reading

• “af” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːf/
• Rhymes: -aːf

Verb

af

1. imperative singular of jaf

Mapudungun

Preposition

af (Raguileo spelling)

1. beside; next to.

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch af, from Proto-Germanic *ab.

Adverb

af

1. off, out, away
2. of, about

Usage notes

Generally found in combination with a locative adverb such as hier, daer. Also found combined with a verb. In prepositional usage, van was used.

Alternative forms

• āve
• of

Descendants

• Dutch: af
• Limburgish: aaf

Further reading

• “ave (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “af”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːv/

Verb

af

1. first-person singular present indicative of mynet

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ab, whence also Old English æf, af, of (English of), Old Saxon ab, af, Old High German aba, abo (German ab), Gothic 𐌰𐍆 (af). Compare also au- in Icelandic auvirði.

Preposition

af

1. of, from, off, by

Descendants

• Icelandic: af
• Faroese: av
• Norn: av
• Elfdalian: åv
• Old Swedish: af, āf, aff
  • Swedish: av, af (pre-1906 spelling; remains in surnames)
• Danish: af
• Norwegian Bokmål: av

References

• “af”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ab.

Preposition

af

1. of
2. out

Old Spanish

Noun

af f (plural aues)

1. Apocopic form of aue (“bird”)

Portuguese

Interjection

af

1. (Internet slang) afe

Scottish Gaelic

Interjection

af

1. (onomatopoeia) arf, woof

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *ʔaf-/*yaf-. Cognate with Beja [script needed] (yēf), Oromo afaan and Afar af.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ̀f/

Noun

äf m

1. mouth
2. language

References

• Puglielli, Annarita, Mansuur, Cabdalla Cumar (2012) “af”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaliga‎^[3], Rome: RomaTrE-Press, →ISBN, page 35

Swedish

Preposition

af

1. Archaic spelling of av.

Usage notes

• Although phased out in the Swedish spelling reform of 1906, this spelling can still be seen in surnames of nobility, such as af Geijerstam and af Wisborg.
• Appears in some examples on Wiktionary that are actually quotes, where it should probably be replaced with "av" (along with other language modernization, or with the example marked as having archaic language – or moved into a quote).

See also

• de
• von

Tarifit

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Verb

af (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼ)

1. (transitive) to find, to discover
2. (transitive) to stumble upon
3. (intransitive, construed with ɣar) to heal, to recover

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• Passive: twafa (“to be found”)
• Verbal noun: twafit (“discovery”)
• ataf (“perhaps”)

Related terms

• ffu (“to be at dawn”)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish عفو ('afv), from Arabic عَفْو (ʕafw).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑf/

Noun

af (definite accusative affı, plural aflar)

1. pardon

Declension

Derived terms

• affetmek
• affedilmek
• affettirmek
• affolunmak
• genel af

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “af”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Welsh

Alternative forms

• a (colloquial)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /aːv/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /aː/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /aːv/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /aː/
• Rhymes: -aːv

Verb

af

1. (literary) first-person singular present indicative/future of mynd

Yola

Preposition

af

1. Alternative form of ov (“of”)

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 22