(I'm) (a)fraid not

A response used to reluctantly decline an invitation or politely answer a question in the negative, indicating regret that the answer is "no." When the phrase is abbreviated to "'fraid not," an apostrophe is sometimes used in place of the missing letter. A: "Will you be able to attend the meeting tomorrow?" B: "I'm afraid not. I'm going to be out of town." A: "Could you loan me a hundred bucks?" B: "'Fraid not. I'm broke."

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Seth (1)	SETH (English)	English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Argyris	-	Greek
Sharar	-	Biblical
ĐOrĐE	-	Serbian
Leonie	LE-o-nee (German), lay-o-NEE (Dutch)	German, Dutch
Asch	[æʃ]