ӏофы

Adyghe

Alternative forms

• ӏоф (ʼwof) (Shapsug)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔʷafə]

Noun

ӏофы • (ʼwofə)

1. work

   Иджы ӏофы бэ сышӏэн фай

   Jidžə ʼwofə bɛ səšʼɛn faj

   Now I need to do a lot of work.

   ӏофы бэ сиӏ

   ʼwofə bɛ siʼ

   I have a lot of work.

   ӏофым макӏо кӏалэр

   ʼwofəm makʷʼo kʼalɛr

   The boy is going to work.

   ӏофы бэм тыхэбдзагъ о

   ʼwofə bɛm təxɛbdzağ wo

   You gave us a lot of work

2. job

   ӏофы сиӏ

   ʼwofə siʼ

   I have a job

3. problem

   Ар ӏофа?

   Ar ʼwofa?

   Is that a problem?

   Ар ӏофэп

   Ar ʼwofɛp

   That is not a problem.

Declension

declension of ӏофы

case	singular	plural
nominative	ӏофыр (ʼwofər)	ӏофыхэр (ʼwofəxɛr)
ergative	ӏофым (ʼwofəm)	ӏофыхэмэ (ʼwofəxɛmɛ)
instrumental	ӏофы(м)кӏэ (ʼwofə(m)kʼɛ)	ӏофыхэ(м)кӏэ (ʼwofəxɛ(m)kʼɛ)
invertive	ӏофыу (ʼwofəwu)	ӏофыхыу (ʼwofəxəwu)

Synonyms

• ӏуэху (ʼwɛxʷu) (Kabardian)