Afar

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic عَافِيَة (ʕāfiya).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʕaːfiˈjat/, [ʕaːfɪˈjʌʰt]
  • Hyphenation: qaa‧fiyat

Noun

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qaafiyát m (plural qaafiyootá f)

  1. well-being, health

Declension

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Declension of qaafiyát
absolutive qaafiyát
predicative qaafiyáta
subjective qaafiyát
genitive qaafiyát
Postpositioned forms
l-case qaafiyátal
k-case qaafiyátak
t-case qaafiyátat
h-case qaafiyátah

References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “qaafiyat”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN