afar

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adverb 1.3.1 Quotations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Finnish 2.1 Noun 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.3 Adjective 4 Icelandic 4.1 Adverb 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Declension 4.3 Anagrams 5 Italian 5.1 Noun 5.2 Anagrams 6 Norwegian Bokmål 6.1 Noun 6.1.1 Usage notes 6.2 References 7 Norwegian Nynorsk 7.1 Noun 7.1.1 Usage notes 8 Swedish 8.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Pref. a- (for on or of) + far.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (WEAE) IPA: /ʌˈfaɹ/

[edit] Adverb

afar

1. At, to, or from a great distance; far away; — often used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off.

[edit] Quotations

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

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aafr
• RAAF
• RAFA

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

afar

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

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[edit] French

Wikipedia ^fr

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /a.faʁ/

[edit] Noun

afar m.

1. Afar (language)

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

[edit] 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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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Adverb

afar

1. very, immensely, ever so, highly,
2. most

1. afar þakklátur
2. most grateful greatly

1. thoroughly, all, widely
2. a great

1. afar margir
2. a great many

[edit] Noun

afar m.

1. grandfathers, the (indefinite) nominative plural form of afi meaning "grandfather"
   • Þið eruð afar.

     You [two] are grandfathers.

[edit] Declension

Declension of afi
	(singular)		(plural)
	(indefinite)	(definite)	(indefinite)	(definite)
nominative	afi	afinn	afar	afarnir
accusative	afa	afann	afa	afana
dative	afa	afanum	öfum	öfunum
genitive	afa	afans	afa	afanna
Other words with the same declension

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aafr
• fara

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

afar

1. Afar (language)

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aafr
• farà

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[edit] Norwegian Bokmål

[edit] 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)

[edit] Usage notes

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

[edit] References

• “afar” in The Ordnett Dictionary

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[edit] Norwegian Nynorsk

[edit] Noun

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

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

[edit] Usage notes

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

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[edit] Swedish

Wikipedia ^sv

[edit] Noun

afar

1. Afar (language)