arf

See also: ARF and 'arf

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Arafundi.

Symbol

arf

1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 639-3 language code for Arafundi.

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Canada):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)f

Interjection

arf

1. Synonym of woof (“sound of a dog's bark”).
2. Synonym of woof (“expressing strong physical attraction”).

Synonyms

• bow-wow, woof

Translations

representing dog's bark

• Danish: vov (da)
• French: ouaf (fr)
• Portuguese: au au
• Romanian: ham-ham
• Russian: ав-а́в (av-áv)
• Scottish Gaelic: af
• Spanish: guau (es)
• Swedish: voff (sv)
• Tamil: லொள் (loḷ)

Anagrams

• AFR, AFr., Afr., FAR, FRA, Fra, RAF, RFA, far, fra

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁf/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Interjection

arf

1. argh, ugh, oy

   Arf, c'est ennuyeux ça !

   Argh, that's a problem!

   Arf, je sais pas comment je vais faire

   Ugh, what am I gonna do?

Icelandic

Noun

arf

1. indefinite accusative singular of arfur

Middle Welsh

Alternative forms

• aryf

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *arβ̃, borrowed from Latin arma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arv/

Noun

arf m or f (plural arueu)

1. weapon, arm

Descendants

• Welsh: arf

Mutation

Mutated forms of arf

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
arf	unchanged	unchanged	harf

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Middle Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Swedish

Noun

arf

1. obsolete spelling of arv

Anagrams

• FRA, far, fra.

Tarifit

Numeral

arf

1. alternative spelling of ařf: thousand

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh arf, from Proto-Brythonic *arβ̃, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin arma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arv/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arv

Noun

arf m or f (plural arfau)

1. weapon, armament
2. tool, instrument

   Synonyms: erfyn, teclyn

Derived terms

• arf dinistr torfol, arf eang ddistryw (“weapon of mass destruction”)
• arf tân, arf tanio (“firearm”)
• arfog (“armed”)
• diarfau, di-arf (“unarmed”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of arf

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
arf	unchanged	unchanged	harf

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “arm”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “arf”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “arf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies