aft
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old English æftan (“behind”); originally superlative of of (“off”). See after.
Noun[edit]
aft (usually uncountable, plural afts)
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Adverb[edit]
aft (comparative further aft or more aft, superlative furthest aft or most aft)
- (nautical) At, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 183:
- I came safe on board, but I felt anything but easy about the boat and the boy; my thoughts were not where they should be, for every moment I had to give the boat and the boy a look, and at last I saw a sea strike the boat aft, which gave it a send forward and under, and the next moment he was gone.
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Adjective[edit]
aft (comparative further aft or more aft, superlative furthest aft or most aft)
Translations[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
aft (plural afts)
- (dated slang) Alternative form of afternoon: the time of day from noon until early evening.
- 1898, The Hotel/Motor Hotel Monthly, volume 6, page 27:
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Albanian[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Albanian *aweita, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-. Compare Ancient Greek ἀῦτμη (aûtmē, “breath”), Welsh awel (“breeze”).[1][2]
Noun[edit]
aft m (indefinite plural afte, definite singular afti, definite plural aftet)
Declension[edit]
indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara) |
definite forms (trajta të shquara) | ||||
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singular (numri njëjës) |
plural (numri shumës) |
singular (numri njëjës) |
plural (numri shumës) | ||
nominative (emërore) |
aft | afte | afti | aftet | |
accusative (kallëzore) |
aft | afte | aftin | aftet | |
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së) |
afti | afteve | aftit | aftevet | |
dative (dhanore) |
afti | afteve | aftit | aftevet | |
ablative (rrjedhore) |
afti | aftesh | aftit | aftevet |
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References[edit]
- ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 71
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “aft”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 2
Dutch[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄφθα (áphtha). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
aft f (plural aften, diminutive aftje n)
- aphtha (a sore in the mucous membrane of the mouth).
Scots[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- oft (Older)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English ofte, from Old English oft, from Proto-Germanic *ufta.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
aft (comparative after, superlative aftest)
- often
- 1786, Robert Burns, To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough:
- The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley.
- 1786, Robert Burns, To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough:
Adjective[edit]
aft (comparative mair aft, superlative maist aft)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “aft, adv. and (rarely) adj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
aft (definite accusative afdı, plural aftlar)
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Locative | aftta | aftlarda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References[edit]
- aft in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
- English 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/æft
- Rhymes:English/æft/1 syllable
- English terms inherited from Old English
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Nautical
- English adverbs
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- English adjectives
- English clippings
- English dated terms
- English slang
- English three-letter words
- Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Albanian
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Albanian
- Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian nouns
- Albanian masculine nouns
- sq:Weather
- Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑft
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑft/1 syllable
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch feminine nouns
- Scots terms inherited from Middle English
- Scots terms derived from Middle English
- Scots terms inherited from Old English
- Scots terms derived from Old English
- Scots terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Scots terms derived from Proto-Germanic
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- Scots lemmas
- Scots adverbs
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- Scots terms with rare senses
- Turkish terms derived from French
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns
- Turkish nouns with irregular stem