"eft" meaning in English

See eft in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ɛft/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eft.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɛft Etymology: From Middle English eft, from Old English eft, æft, from Proto-West Germanic *afti, from Proto-Germanic *aftiz. Compare after, aft. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|eft}} Middle English eft, {{inh|en|ang|eft}} Old English eft, {{m|ang|æft}} æft, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*afti}} Proto-West Germanic *afti, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*aftiz}} Proto-Germanic *aftiz, {{m|en|after}} after, {{m|en|aft}} aft Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} eft (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete) Again; afterwards Tags: not-comparable, obsolete Derived forms: eftsoons Translations (again; afterwards): по́сле (pósle) (Russian), за́ново (zánovo) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-eft-en-adv-elK6aLA2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ɛft/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eft.wav [Southern-England] Forms: efts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛft Etymology: From Middle English evete, from Old English efete, of unknown origin. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|evete}} Middle English evete, {{inh|en|ang|efete}} Old English efete Head templates: {{en-noun}} eft (plural efts)
  1. A newt, especially a smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris, syn. Triturus punctatus), of Europe. Categories (lifeform): Baby animals, Newts Translations (newt): тритон (triton) [masculine] (Bulgarian), čolek [masculine] (Czech), Äajdakjsel [masculine] (Plautdietsch), трито́н (tritón) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-eft-en-noun-7rgHwCqH Disambiguation of Baby animals: 31 69 Disambiguation of Newts: 17 83 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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