Definition of "aph" []

• Assimilation of ap- for apo- before the aspirate, as in apheresis, aphelion, etc. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "It has been pointed out as a suspicious circumstance that in ver. 9, "the phrase aph 'hes ekbeble'kei epta ` daimo'nia, is attached to the name, of Mary Magdalene, although she had been mentioned three times before without such appendix."
• "Ma ndiqale ngokubulela imbeko esiyinikwe bubukumkani bamaXhosa obusivumeleyo ukuba nathi sibe khon'aph'eNqadu ngolusuku lusind 'uMzantsi Afrika uwonke, nathi sikhahlele kumntwan'egazi - A!"
• "As he spoke it, Ethan wished for something less trite than that ancient government aph-orism."