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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ferhuz, *ferhwą.
Noun
*ferh m or n[1][2]
- life
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*ferh
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| Genitive
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*ferhas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*ferh
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*ferhō, *ferhōs
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| Accusative
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*ferh
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*ferhā
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| Genitive
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*ferhas
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*ferhō
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| Dative
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*ferhē
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*ferhum
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| Instrumental
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*ferhu
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*ferhum
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| Neuter a-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*ferh
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| Genitive
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*ferhas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*ferh
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*ferhu
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| Accusative
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*ferh
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*ferhu
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| Genitive
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*ferhas
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*ferhō
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| Dative
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*ferhē
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*ferhum
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| Instrumental
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*ferhu
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*ferhum
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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 308: “PWGmc *ferh ‘life’, gen. sg. *ferhas”
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 313: “PWGmc *ferh(u?)”
