aft
English
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From Old English æftan (“behind”); possibly originally superlative of of (“off”). See after.
Noun
aft (usually uncountable, plural afts)
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Adverb
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, translated by H.L. Brækstad, 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
aft (comparative further aft or more aft, superlative furthest aft or most aft)
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Etymology 2
Noun
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:
- 2016, Sally Wainwright, 49:45 from the start, in Happy Valley, season 2, episode 1, spoken by Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire):
- There's gonna be an announcement later this aft, but he's targeting vulnerable people like yourselves, alright?
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Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *aweita, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-. Compare Ancient Greek ἀῦτμη (aûtmē, “breath”), Welsh awel (“breeze”).[1][2]
Noun
aft m (plural afte, definite afti, definite plural aftet)
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References
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 71
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “aft”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 2
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄφθα (áphtha). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Noun
aft f (plural aften, diminutive aftje n)
- aphtha (a sore in the mucous membrane of the mouth).
Scots
Alternative forms
- oft (Older)
Etymology
From Middle English ofte, from Old English oft, from Proto-Germanic *ufta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑft/
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Adverb
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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Adjective
aft (comparative mair aft, superlative maist aft)
Derived terms
References
- “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
Etymology
Noun
aft (definite accusative afdı, plural aftlar)
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References
- “aft”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/æft
- Rhymes:English/æft/1 syllable
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Nautical
- English adverbs
- English terms with quotations
- English adjectives
- English clippings
- English dated terms
- English slang
- English three-letter words
- en:Ship parts
- 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
- Scots terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scots lemmas
- Scots adverbs
- Scots terms with quotations
- Scots adjectives
- Scots terms with rare senses
- Turkish terms derived from French
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns
- Turkish nouns with irregular stem