elfins

[US]/'elfɪn/
[UK]/'ɛlfɪn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. elf; imp; dwarf
adj. ya au ya kama elf; impish

Phrases & Collocations

elfin charm

moyo mchovu

elfin features

mipango ya mchovu

elfin forest

mguu wa mchovu

Example Sentences

her black hair suited her elfin face.

pili yake ya kijani ina mchakato mmoja kwa mchezo wa mchezo.

moved across the dimly lit stage with elfin grace.

Alisonga kwenye hatua iliyoangazwa hafifu kwa neema kama waelfu.

Real-world Examples

Alice-her short, inky hair in a halo of spiky disarray around her exquisite, elfin face-was suddenly standing behind his shoulder.

Alice-nyumba yake ya mpira, mchome ya mpira katika mbandari ya mpira ya mnyama mpya kwa mnyama mpya yake, yote wakati mpya, yote wakati mpya yake - ilikuwa kusikika kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake.

Source: Twilight: Eclipse

That's not as in 'elfin beauty'.

Hii si kama 'utamaduni wa mnyama mpya'.

Source: Me Before You

For some reason, he recalled his younger sister, her elfin face so clear in his mind.

Kwa sababu ya mwinga, alizindua kwa kaka yake ambaye mnyama mpya yake ilikuwa ya mnyama mpya kwa mnyama mpya yake.

Source: "Dune" audiobook

The look she bent upon Miss McGovern at the conclusion of this speech was curiously elfin, curiously intent.

Moyo wa mnyama mpya yake alifanya kwa Miss McGovern kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake.

Source: Beauty and Destruction (Part 2)

At 71, he is full of energy, and his slight stature and elfin ears give him a buoyancy that belies his severe views.

Kwa umri wa 71, yeye ni mwenye ufanisi, na mnyama mpya yake na mnyama mpya yake na mnyama mpya yake yote wakati mpya kwa mnyama mpya yake.

Source: Time

The figure in front of him turned into the moon's path and he saw an elfin face, black pits of eyes.

Mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake.

Source: "Dune" audiobook

The roar of the working day drowns the voices of the elfin sprites that are ever singing their low-toned miserere in our ears.

Mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake.

Source: Lazy Person's Thoughts Journal

She took me to her elfin grot, And there she wept and sighed full sore, And there I shut her wild wild eyes With kisses four.

Alikuwa na mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake.

Source: Bedtime reading

The tinkles of sleigh bells among the snowy hills came like elfin chimes through the frosty air, but their music was not sweeter than the song in Anne's heart and on her lips.

Mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake.

Source: Anne of Green Gables (Original Version)

Paul remembered he had rushed out to find Chani standing beneath the yellow globes of the corridor, clad in a brilliant blue wraparound robe with hood thrown back, a flush of exertion on her elfin features.

Paul alizindua alichukua mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake kwa mnyama mpya yake.

Source: "Dune" audiobook

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