darfi

Afar

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdarfi/ [ˈdʌɾfɪ]
• Hyphenation: dar‧fi

Noun

dárfi m (plural durúuf m)

1. envelope

Declension

Declension of dárfi
absolutive	dárfi
predicative	dárfi
subjective	darfí
genitive	darfí
Postpositioned forms l-case dárfil k-case dárfik t-case dárfit h-case dárfih

References

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

Esperanto

Etymology

From Ido darfar.

Verb

darfi (present darfas, past darfis, future darfos, conditional darfus, volitive darfu)

1. (neologism, rare, nonstandard, intransitive) may, to be allowed to

Usage notes

Used as an alternative to the more generic povi and only approximate rajti by some, despite being strongly proscribed by grammar guides.

Synonyms

• povi (“can”)
• rajti (“to have the right to”)

Ido

Noun

darfi

1. plural of darfo

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtarːfiː/

Noun

darfi

1. turf

Inflection

Even i-stem, rf-rff gradation
Nominative	darfi
Genitive	darffi darffẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	darfi	darffit
Accusative	darffi	darffiid
Genitive	darffi darffẹ	darffiid
Illative	darfái	darffiide
Locative	darffis	darffiin
Comitative	darffiin	darffiiguin
Essive	darfin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person darfán darfáme darfámet 2nd person darfát darfáde darfádet 3rd person darfis darfiska darfiset

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland