abaft

Etymology
From, , , from ; (modern English ) +  (modern English ). See also.

Preposition

 * 1)  Behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of.
 * The captain stood abaft the wheelhouse.
 * 1) * 1773,, An Account of a Voyage Around the World, Book3, Chapter5, in (ed.), An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty: for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, Volume3, p.558,
 * we could hear the water rush in a little abaft the foremast, about three feet from the keel: this determined me to clear the hold intirely.
 * 1) * 1773,, An Account of a Voyage Around the World, Book3, Chapter5, in (ed.), An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty: for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, Volume3, p.558,
 * we could hear the water rush in a little abaft the foremast, about three feet from the keel: this determined me to clear the hold intirely.

Translations

 * Arabic: خَلْف
 * Egyptian Arabic: ورا
 * Bengali: পিছন দিকে, পশ্চাদ্দিকে, জাহাজের পিছনের অর্ধাংশে
 * Bulgarian:, към кърмата
 * Dutch: achterlijker dan
 * Estonian: ahtris
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, sur l'arrière de
 * Georgian: უკან, კიჩოზე
 * German: ,
 * Ido:
 * Manx: ny yei, cooyl
 * Norwegian:, akterut, , akterlig
 * Russian:, , на корме́ , с кормы́
 * Spanish: a popa
 * Turkish: geride
 * Vietnamese:, ,

Adverb

 * 1)  On the aft side; in the stern.
 * We drifted with the wind abaft.
 * The mate sleeps abaft.
 * 1)  Backwards.
 * 1)  Backwards.
 * 1)  Backwards.
 * 1)  Backwards.
 * 1)  Backwards.

Translations

 * Arabic: فِي مُؤَخَّرَة
 * Egyptian Arabic: فأخر
 * Catalan: a popa
 * Dutch: naar achter,
 * Estonian: ahtris
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: sur l'arrière, vers l'arrière
 * German: ,
 * Italian: a poppa, verso poppa, a poppavia
 * Manx: gys jerrey ny lhuingey, gys y stiur
 * Portuguese: à popa
 * Spanish: a popa
 * Turkish: kıç tarafında
 * Vietnamese: ,