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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fawaz.
Adjective
*fau (comparative *minniʀō, superlative *minnist)[1]
- few
Inflection
| wa-stem
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| Singular
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Masculine
|
| Nominative
|
*fau
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| Genitive
|
*fawas
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| Singular
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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| Nominative
|
*fau
|
*fau
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*fau
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| Accusative
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*fawanā
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*fawā
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*fau
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| Genitive
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*fawas
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*faweʀā
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*fawas
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| Dative
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*faumē
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*faweʀē
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*faumē
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| Instrumental
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*fau
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*faweʀu
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*fau
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| Plural
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Masculine
|
Feminine
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Neuter
|
| Nominative
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*fawē
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*fawō
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*fau
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| Accusative
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*fawā
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*fawā
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*fau
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| Genitive
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*faweʀō
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*faweʀō
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*faweʀō
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| Dative
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*fawēm, *faum
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*fawēm, *faum
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*fawēm, *faum
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| Instrumental
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*fawēm, *faum
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*fawēm, *faum
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*fawēm, *faum
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Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 173: “PWGmc nom.-acc. pl. neut. *fau, dat. pl. *faum”
