Contionary:af

Modern Coptic

Pronunciation

ⲁϥ /af/ [ˈ(ʔ)af]

Etymology

From Demotic jwf (“flesh”), from Egyptian jwf ("flesh, body")

Noun

ⲡⲁϥ pAf - m

1. meat

Etymology

From Demotic ꜥf (ꜥf, “fly”), from Egyptian ꜥfj (“fly, bee”)

Noun

ⲧⲁϥ tAf - f

1. fly

SinPlatt

Etymology

OS af f. PG af, aƀa, aƀu f. PIE *apo- Compare English off, of, Dutch af, German

Pronunciation

(SinPlatt) IPA: /af/

Preposition

1. 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

1. 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.

2. off, away from

   Hi ging af the weg.

   He went off the way.

Valtamic

Etymology

From Proto-Valtamic *åṗ, from Proto-Italic *op. Related to Latin ob.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Valtamic) IPA: /ɑf/; [ɑ̝ʋ̊], [ʌʋ̊]

Preposition

af

1. [with locatives] against, facing
2. [with dative] approximately, about

Adverb

af

1. against, in opposition to