aff
English
Etymology
Apocopic form of affirmative.
Pronunciation
- (British) IPA(key): /æf/
- Rhymes: -æf
Noun
aff (plural affs)
- (debating) affirmative; the resolution made by one group and countered by the opposing group's negative
Antonyms
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Interjection
aff
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English off, from Old English of, af, æf (“from, off, away”), from Proto-West Germanic *ab.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑf/, /af/
Adverb
aff (not comparable)
Preposition
aff
Adjective
aff (comparative mair aff, superlative maist aff)
References
- “aff, adv., prep., adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.