afar
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English afer, equivalent to a- (“for, on, or of”) + far.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (US) IPA(key): /əˈfɑɹ/
- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈfɑː/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: (UK) -ɑː
Adverb
[edit]afar
- At, to, or from a great distance; far away.
- He was seen from afar.
- He loved her from afar.
Usage notes
[edit]Quotations
[edit]- For quotations using this term, see Citations:afar.
Translations
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Anagrams
[edit]Chuukese
[edit]Noun
[edit]afar
- shoulder (of humans and animals)
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]afar
Declension
[edit]Inflection of afar (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | afar | afarit | |
genitive | afarin | afarien afareiden afareitten | |
partitive | afaria | afareita afareja | |
illative | afariin | afareihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | afar | afarit | |
accusative | nom. | afar | afarit |
gen. | afarin | ||
genitive | afarin | afarien afareiden afareitten | |
partitive | afaria | afareita afareja | |
inessive | afarissa | afareissa | |
elative | afarista | afareista | |
illative | afariin | afareihin | |
adessive | afarilla | afareilla | |
ablative | afarilta | afareilta | |
allative | afarille | afareille | |
essive | afarina | afareina | |
translative | afariksi | afareiksi | |
abessive | afaritta | afareitta | |
instructive | — | afarein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]afar m (uncountable)
- Afar (language)
- L’afar est parlé par 1,5 millions de locuteurs. ― Afar is spoken by 1.5 million people.
Adjective
[edit]afar (feminine afare, masculine plural afars, feminine plural afares)
- (relational) Afar
- les nomades afars ― the Afar nomads
- les tribus afares ― the Afar tribes
Further reading
[edit]- “afar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Gothic
[edit]Romanization
[edit]afar
- Romanization of 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse afar, from Proto-Germanic *abraz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]afar (not comparable)
- very, immensely, ever so, highly, most
- Ég yrði þér afar þakklátur ef þú gerðir þetta fyrir mig.
- I would be most grateful to you if you did this for me.
Noun
[edit]afar
Further reading
[edit]- “afar” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
- afar in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.
Anagrams
[edit]Italian
[edit]Noun
[edit]afar m (uncountable)
- Afar (language)
Anagrams
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Noun
[edit]afar m (definite singular afaren, indefinite plural afarer, definite plural afarene)
- Afar (language)
- Afar er et kusjittisk språk som snakkes i Afar i Etiopia. (Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia)
- Afar is a Cushitic language spoken in Afar in Ethiopia.
- Afar er et kusjittisk språk som snakkes i Afar i Etiopia. (Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia)
- Afar (ethnic group)
- Afar (region)
Usage notes
[edit]This is word is only inflected when used in its second sense.
References
[edit]- “afar” in The Ordnett Dictionary
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]afar m (definite singular afaren, indefinite plural afarar, definite plural afarane)
Usage notes
[edit]This is word is only inflected when used in its second sense.
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]afar
- used as an intensive before an adjective or another adverb; very, exceedingly (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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References
[edit]- “afar”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]afar m (invariable)
- (uncountable) Afar (language)
- one of the Afar, a people of eastern Africa
Sicilian
[edit]Noun
[edit]afar m
- (uncountable) Afar (language)
- one of the Afar, a people of eastern Africa
Somali
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Cardinal : afar Ordinal : afaraad | ||
Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Numeral
[edit]afar
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]afar m (uncountable)
- Afar (language)
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]afar c
- the Afar language
Synonyms
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[edit]Tarifit
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
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Noun
[edit]afar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⴰⵔ, plural afriwen, diminutive tafart or tifrešt)
- wing (of a bird, bat, insect)
- fin (of a fish)
- leaf, foliage
- sheet (of paper, metal)
- branch (of a tree)
Declension
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- tafaruyt (“iris”)
- English terms inherited from Middle English
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- English terms prefixed with a-
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- chk:Anatomy
- Finnish terms derived from Afar
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑfɑr
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- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/aːvar
- Icelandic lemmas
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- Italian lemmas
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- Italian uncountable nouns
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- Old Norse terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Somali numerals
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- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ
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