Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Church Slavonic Іафеѳъ (Iafeθŭ), from Ancient Greek Ἰάφεθ (Iápheth).

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ɑˈfɛtʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /aˈfʲɛtʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /aˈfʲɛːt/
  • Hyphenation: А‧фе‧тъ

Proper noun edit

Афетъ (Afetŭm

  1. (biblical) Japheth
    • 1377, Dmitry of Suzdal, Laurentian Codex[1], page 1:
      по потопѣ. первиє снве ноєви раꙁдѣлиша ꙁємлю. симъ. хамъ. афєтъ.
      po potopě. pervie snve noevi razděliša zemlju. simŭ. xamŭ. afetŭ.
      After the Flood, the first sons of Noah divided the earth: Shem, Ham and Japheth.

Declension edit

See also edit