arf

See also: ARF and 'arf

English

Pronunciation

Audio (CA) (file)
Rhymes: -ɑː(r)f

Interjection

arf!

Representing the sound of a dog's bark.

Usage notes

Sometimes has the same connotations of sexual innuendo as woof.

Synonyms

bow-wow, woof

Translations

representing dog's bark

French: ouaf (fr)
Portuguese: au au
Romanian: ham-ham
Russian: ав-а́в (av-áv)

Scottish Gaelic: af
Spanish: guau guau
Swedish: voff (sv)

Anagrams

AFr., Afr., Fra, RAF, far, fra

Icelandic

Noun

arf

indefinite accusative singular of arfur

Middle Welsh

Alternative forms

aryf

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *arβ̃, borrowed from Latin arma.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /arv/

Noun

arf m, f (plural arueu)

weapon, arm

Descendants

Welsh: arf

Mutation

Middle Welsh mutation
Radical	Soft	Nasal	H-prothesis
arf	unchanged	unchanged	harf
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Swedish

Noun

arf

Obsolete spelling of arv

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh arf, from Proto-Brythonic *arβ̃, borrowed from Latin arma.

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

arf m, f (plural arfau)

weapon, armament
tool, instrument

Derived terms

arfog

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
arf	unchanged	unchanged	harf
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“arf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014

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