afar
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editafar
- At, to, or from a great distance; far away.
- He was seen from afar.
- He loved her from afar.
Usage notes
editQuotations
edit- For quotations using this term, see Citations:afar.
Translations
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Anagrams
editChuukese
editNoun
editafar
- shoulder (of humans and animals)
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editafar
Declension
editInflection 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
editPronunciation
editNoun
editafar m (uncountable)
- Afar (language)
- L’afar est parlé par 1,5 millions de locuteurs. ― Afar is spoken by 1.5 million people.
Adjective
editafar (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
editRomanization
editafar
- Romanization of 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse afar, from Proto-Germanic *abraz.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editafar (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
editafar
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
editItalian
editNoun
editafar m (uncountable)
- Afar (language)
Anagrams
editNorwegian Bokmål
editNoun
editafar 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
editThis is word is only inflected when used in its second sense.
References
edit- “afar” in The Ordnett Dictionary
Norwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
editafar m (definite singular afaren, indefinite plural afarar, definite plural afarane)
Usage notes
editThis is word is only inflected when used in its second sense.
Old Norse
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editafar
- 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
editPronunciation
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Noun
editafar m (invariable)
- (uncountable) Afar (language)
- one of the Afar, a people of eastern Africa
Sicilian
editNoun
editafar 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
editNumeral
editafar
Spanish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editafar m (uncountable)
- Afar (language)
Swedish
editNoun
editafar c
- the Afar language
Synonyms
editAnagrams
editTarifit
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
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Noun
editafar 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
editRelated terms
edit- tafaruyt (“iris”)
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