afa

afa

1. divination (clarification of this definition is needed)

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.fa/, [ˈäːfä]
• Rhymes: -afa
• Stress: àfa
• Hyphenation: a‧fa

afa f (plural afe)

1. sultriness, sultry weather, muggy weather.

• afoso

From the uncommon Ancient Greek term ἁφή (haphḗ, “fine dust sprinkled on the body during athletic contests”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.fa/

afa f (genitive afae); first declension

1. dust
   • (Can we date this quote?), Passio sanctarum perpetuae et felicitatis, book ten, quoted in Thomas J. Heffernan's The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity:

     Et expoliata sum, et facta sum masculus, et coeperunt me favisores mei oleo defricare, quomodo solent in agone; et illum contra Egyptium video in afa voluntantem.

First declension.

• afa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

• Hyphenation: āf‧a

afa f

1. hatred
2. enmity; the state of being enemies with another person

• (hatred): hatr

From Arabic (presumably from آفَة‎ (ʾāfa, “lesion”)).

afa (ma class, plural maafa)

1. injury, damage
2. misfortune, calamity

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