afar

See also Afar

English

Etymology

a- (“for, on, or of”) +‎ far

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ʌˈfaɹ/

Adverb

afar (comparative more afar, superlative most afar)

1. At, to, or from a great distance; far away.

   He was seen from afar.

Usage notes

• Often used with from preceding, or formerly with off following.

Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Translations

at, to or from a great distance

Finnish: kaukana (fi) (at), kauas (fi) (to), kaukaa (fi) (from) Italian: da lontano (it)

Polish: w oddali (pl) Spanish: a lo lejos (es), lejos (es)

Anagrams

• RAAF RAFA

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Finnish

Noun

afar

1. Afar (language).
2. An Afar (person).

Declension

Declension of afar (type risti) singular plural nominative afar afarit genitive afarin afarien partitive afaria afareja accusative afar afarin afarit inessive afarissa afareissa elative afarista afareista illative afariin afareihin adessive afarilla afareilla ablative afarilta afareilta allative afarille afareille essive afarina afareina translative afariksi afareiksi instructive – afarein abessive afaritta afareitta comitative – afareineen

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a.faʁ/

Noun

afar m.

1. Afar (language)

   L'afar est parlé par 1,5 millions de locuteurs.

Adjective

afar m. (f. afare, m. plural afars, f. plural afares)

1. Related to the Afar people.

   Les nomades afars.

   Les tribus afares.

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Gothic

Romanization

afar

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈaːvar/
• Rhymes: -aːvar

Adverb

afar (not comparable)

1. 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

afar

1. indefinite nominative plural of afi

Anagrams

• fara

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Italian

Noun

afar m. inv.

1. Afar (language)

Anagrams

• farà

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

afar m. (definite singular afaren; indefinite plural afarer; definite plural afarene)

1. 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.

2. Afar (ethnic group)
3. Afar (region)

Usage notes

This is word is only inflected when used in its second sense.

References

• “afar” in The Ordnett Dictionary

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

afar m. (definite singular afaren; indefinite plural afarar; definite plural afarane)

1. Afar (language)
2. Afar (ethnic group)
3. Afar (region)

Usage notes

This is word is only inflected when used in its second sense.

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Swedish

Wikipedia ^sv

Noun

afar

1. the Afar language

Synonyms

• afariska