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 edit
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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?)
This entry needs quotations to illustrate usage. If you come across any interesting, durably archived quotes then please add them! |
References edit
- “afar”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
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 edit
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Cardinal : afar Ordinal : afaraad | ||
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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 edit
Anagrams edit
Tarifit edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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”)