afrit

English

Noun

afrit (plural afrits)

1. Alternative spelling of ifrit
   • 1902, Rudyard Kipling, The Butterfly that Stamped, in Just So Stories, reprinted in 2004, The Complete Children's Short Stories, page 366,

     Of course if he had chosen to turn his ring on his finger and call up the Djinns and the Afrits they would have magicked all those nine hundred and ninety-nine quarrelsome wives into white mules of the desert or greyhounds or pomegranate seeds; […] .

Anagrams

• fitra, iftar, traif

---

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

afrit m (plural afritten, diminutive afritje n)

1. highway exit, slip road

---

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈavrɪːt/

Noun

afrit n (genitive singular afrits, nominative plural afrit)

1. a copy, a duplicate
2. (computing) a copy

   Hægt er að taka afrit af skrá með skipuninni cp skra{,.afrit} eða cp skra !#$.afrit.

   You can make a copy of a file using the command cp file{,.copy} or cp file !#$.copy.

   Þetta er afrit af bréfinu sem ég sendi kennaranum mínum.

   This is a copy of the mail I sent my teacher.

3. (computing) a backup ^syn.

Declension

declension of afrit

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	afrit	afritið	afrit	afritin
accusative	afrit	afritið	afrit	afritin
dative	afriti	afritinu	afritum	afritunum
genitive	afrits	afritsins	afrita	afritanna

Derived terms

Derived terms

• afrita
• afrit af skrá (a backup file)
• afritun
• fyrsta afrit

• leyniafrit
• öryggisafrit
• taka afrit
• taka öryggisafrit

Synonyms

• (backup): ^def. öryggisafrit