av

Abbreviation

av

1. Abbreviation of ad valorem.
2. Abbreviation of avenue.
3. Abbreviation of average.
4. Abbreviation of avoirdupois.
5. Abbreviation of antivirus.
6. Abbreviation of audiovisual.
7. (text messaging) have

   av u got d@? — have you got that?

References

• “av” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “av” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• V/A, VA, Va, Va., v. a.

Abbreviation

av

1. Abbreviation of audiovisuel.

Interjection

av

1. ouch (expression of one's own physical pain)

Etymology

From Old Norse af, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *apó/*h₂epó.

Preposition

av (+ dative)

1. by, from, off, of, on account of

Abbreviation

av

1. Alternative form of av.

Alternative forms

• aw (Sorani)

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́pš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-. Compare Persian آب‎ (âb), Baluchi آپ‎ (áp), Bakhtiari او‎ (aw), Pashto اوبه‎, Avestan 𐬀𐬞‎ (ap), Sanskrit अप् (áp).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːv/
• Hyphenation: av

Noun

av f

1. (Kurmanji) water.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːʋ/, /ɑː/

Adverb

av

1. off (not operating)

   å slå av

   to turn off

2. off (so as to be removed or separated)

   å bite av

   to bite off

3. (colloquial) onwards

   fra barndom av

   from childhood on

4. of

   bli av med

   get rid of

5. now

   av og til

   now and then

Preposition

av

1. from
2. by (in construction of the passive tense)

   Huset ble malt av ham.

   The house was painted by him.

3. of
4. for
5. in, out of
6. on

   Avhengig av.

   Dependent on.

Etymology

From Old Norse af. Akin to English of and English off.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːʋ/ (examples of pronunciation)

Adverb

av

1. off; not operating

   Slå av ljoset.

   Turn the lights off.

2. from
3. of

Preposition

av

1. of

   Det er laga av bly.

   It is made of lead.

2. by (in construction of the passive tense)

   Huset vart måla av honom.

   The house was painted by him.

3. from

   Eg lånte ei bok av han.

   I borrowed a book from him.

4. for
5. in, out of
6. on

   Avhenging av.

   Dependent on.

References

• “av” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Noun

av

1. Abbreviation of avenida.

Alternative forms

• af (obsolete since 1906)

Etymology

From Old Norse af, from Proto-Germanic *ab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːv/

• audio

  (file)

Preposition

av

1. from

   Jag fick den av Tomas.

   I got it from Tomas. (Tomas gave it to me.)

2. by (in construction of the passive voice).

   Huset målades av honom

   The house was painted by him

3. of; denoting the material of which something is made

   Bordet är av trä.

   The table is (made) of wood.

4. of; denoting a part

   En av dem sjunger.

   One of them is singing.

Adjective

av (absolute, never inflected, only in predicative position)

1. abbreviation of avstängd (shut down, turned off)

   Radion är av.

   The radio receiver is turned off.

2. broken, off; which has snapped off

   Käppen är av.

   The cane is broken.

Adverb

av (not comparable)

1. (verb particle) denoting something which stops, ceases, or breaks off
2. (verb particle) denoting something which is moved from an original place, or originates somewhere
3. (verb particle) denoting an action of copying, or creation of something similar to an existing template

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āb, *Āb (“hunt, chase”). Cognate with Old Turkic [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aβ/

Noun

av (definite accusative avı, plural avlar)

1. hunting
2. hunt
3. prey