af

See also: Appendix:Variations of "af"

Translingual

Symbol

af

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

English

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

af (not comparable)

  1. (postpositive, vulgar, slang, Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of as fuck.
    Alternative forms: AF, asf
    • 2009 April 6, Ashley Kull, “Bored af!!!!”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 2016-06-14:
      Bored af!!!!
    • 2021, Isabel Waidner, Sterling Karat Gold, Peninsula Press, page 16:
      ‘Seen them there a few times. Arrives early, leaves alone. Social though. Friendly. Dishy af.’
      Dishy af. You can say that again.

Etymology 2

  1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of after.

Anagrams

Afar

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *ʔaf, from Proto-Afroasiatic [Term?]. Cognates include Oromo afaan, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) and Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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

Declension of áf
absolutive Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
predicative áfa
subjective Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
genitive aftí
Postpositioned forms
l-case áfal
k-case áfak
t-case áfat
h-case áfah

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), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Danish

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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 Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

af

  1. off
  2. (postpositional) off, from (implying motion)
    Stomdronken reed de automobilist de weg af.
    Totally drunk, the motorist drove off the road.

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Jersey Dutch: âf
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Adjective

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

  1. finished, done (when working on something)
    Het huis is af.
    The house is ready.
  2. (games) out, dismissed from play under the rules of the game, e.g. by having been tagged

Synonyms

Antonyms

Gothic

Romanization

af

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐍆

Icelandic

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Germanic *ab.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːv/
  • Rhymes: -aːv

Preposition

af

  1. (with dative) off, from
  2. (with dative) of
  3. (with dative) by

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaf]
  • Hyphenation: af

Noun

af (first-person possessive afku, second-person possessive afmu, third-person possessive afnya)

  1. (medicine, surgery) off; removal.

Further reading

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 Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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

Descendants

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • 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, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), of (English of), Old Saxon ab, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Old High German aba, abo (German ab), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Compare also au- in Icelandic auvirði.

Preposition

af

  1. of, from, off, by

Descendants

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Faroese: av
  • Norn: av
  • Elfdalian: åv
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
    • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (pre-1906 spelling; remains in surnames)
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • 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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaɸ]?

Noun

af f (plural aues)

  1. Apocopic form of aue (bird)
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 97v:
      […] Et q̃ deſcẽda ſobreſta piedra la uertud de om̃e q̃ tẽga en la mano dieſtra lança ⁊ en la ſinieſtra un af traſtornada.
      […] And may over this stone descend the virtue of the man with a spear in his right hand and an upturned bird on his left.

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 Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æ̀f/

Noun

af m

  1. mouth
  2. language

References

  • Puglielli, Annarita; Mansuur, Cabdalla Cumar (2012), af”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaliga, 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.

See also

Tarifit

Etymology

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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)
  • 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

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

  • affetmek
  • affedilmek
  • affettirmek
  • affolunmak
  • genel af

References

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • a (colloquial)

Pronunciation

Verb

af

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

Yola

Preposition

af

  1. Alternative form of o' (of)

References

  • Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 22
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