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afla

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse afla.

Pronunciation

Verb

afla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative aflaði, supine aflað)

  1. to earn, to gain [with genitive]
  2. to procure, to get, to acquire [with genitive]
  3. (intransitive) to fish

Usage notes

  • The middle voice verb aflast can be either personal or impersonal.

Conjugation

More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information strong declension (sterk beyging), singular (eintala) ...

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Old Norse

Noun

afla

  1. accusative/genitive plural of afl

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin afflāre (“blow, breathe”), from ad- + flō (“blow, breathe”). Cognate with Portuguese achar and Spanish hallar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈfla/
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  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: a‧fla
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Verb

a afla (third-person singular present află, past participle aflat, third-person subjunctive afle) 1st conjugation

  1. to find out, get wind of
  2. to recognize
  3. (reflexive) to be placed or situated

Conjugation

    conjugation of afla (first conjugation, no infix)
More information infinitive, gerund ...

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