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===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
From Middle Skundavisk ''af'', from Old Skundavisk ''af'', ''ab'', from Halmisk ''ab'', from Proto-Germanic ''*ab''. | From Middle Skundavisk ''af'', from Old Skundavisk ''af'', ''ab'', from Halmisk ''ᛁᚦᛟ'' (''ab''), from Proto-Germanic ''*ab''. | ||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== |
Revision as of 10:49, 8 November 2019
SinPlatt
Etymology
OS af f. PG af, aƀa, aƀu f. PIE *apo- Compare English off, of, Dutch af, German
Pronunciation
(SinPlatt) IPA: /af/
Preposition
- off, from here, at a distance, down with, on
Skundavisk
Etymology
From Middle Skundavisk af, from Old Skundavisk af, ab, from Halmisk ᛁᚦᛟ (ab), from Proto-Germanic *ab.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /aɸ/
Preposition
af
- of (indicating possession, usually when the use of the genitive case is impossible, like in the case of country names)
- The befølking af Pæksten hat ge'ooken.
- The population of Pakistan has increased.
- The befølking af Pæksten hat ge'ooken.
- off, away from
- Hi ging af the weg.
- He went off the way.
- Hi ging af the weg.