fá

Bassa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

fá

1. to lose
2. to tear

References

• Bassa-English Dictionary
• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɔɑː

Etymology 1

Adjective

fá

1. inflection of fáur:
   1. strong feminine nominative singular
   2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fá, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.

Verb

fá (third person singular past indicative fekk, third person plural past indicative fingu, supine fingið)

1. (archaic, poetic) to get

Synonyms

• fáa

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -faː

Noun

fá (plural fák)

1. fa, a syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth note of a major scale

   Coordinate terms: dó, ré, mi, szó, lá, ti

Declension

Its inflected forms are uncommon.

or (as a means of distinction from the inflection of fa (“tree”))

Further reading

• (2): fa in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (Hungarian) An article on solfège with hand signs

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fá, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. Doublet of fanga (“to capture, to seize”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fauː/
• Rhymes: -auː

Verb

fá (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative fékk, third-person plural past indicative fengu, supine fengið)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to receive, to get
2. (ditransitive, with dative and accusative objects) to give (somebody something)

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to receive): eignast
• (to give): gefa, láta af hendi

Derived terms

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /fˠaː/, (unstressed) /fˠa/

Etymology 1

Preposition

fá (plus dative, triggers lenition)

1. Ulster form of faoi (“about, concerning”)

Usage notes

The standard Irish and Connacht form faoi (Munster fé) means both ‘under’ and ‘about, concerning’. In Ulster, these two meanings are split: faoi means ‘under’, while fá means ‘about, concerning’.

Derived terms

• fád (contraction with do (“your sg”))
• fám (contraction with mo (“my”))
• fán corresponding to standard faoin
• fána corresponding to standard faoina
• fánar corresponding to standard faoinar
• fánár corresponding to standard faoinár
• fánarb corresponding to standard faoinarb
• fánarbh corresponding to standard faoinarbh

Etymology 2

Particle

fá (triggers h-prothesis)

1. Alternative form of fa, obsolete form of ba (“was”) (past affirmative and relative of is).
   • 2014 [1628–1634], Geoffrey Keating, edited by Beatrix Färber, David Comyn, Patrick S. Dinneen, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn‎, CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts:

     gurab Alba fá hainm don chrích sin

     that that country’s name was Scotland

Related terms

Lahu

Verb

fá

1. to hide something

See also

vàʔ (to hide oneself)

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• fa — nonstandard

Romanization

fá (fa², Zhuyin ㄈㄚˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 乏
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 伐
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 垡
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 姂
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 拨
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 撤
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 栰
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 泚
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疺
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瞁
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砝
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 筏
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 罚
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 罰／罚
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 罸
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 茷
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 藅
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 閥／阀
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 法

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Conjunction

fá

1. Alternative spelling of fa (“or”)

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.

Verb

fá (singular past indicative fekk, plural past indicative fengu, past participle fenginn)

1. to get

Conjugation

Descendants

• Icelandic: fá
• Faroese: fáa, fá
• Norwegian: få
• Elfdalian: fą̊
• Old Swedish: fā
  • Swedish: få
• Old Danish: fā
  • Danish: få

References

• fá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Norse ᚠᚨᛁᚺᛁᛞᛟ (faihido), ᚠᚨᚺᛁᛞᛟ (fahido) (1st singular past indicative), from Proto-Germanic *faihijaną.

Verb

fá

2. to draw, paint (runes)

Conjugation

Alternative forms

• ᚠᛅᚦᛁ (faþi), ᚠᛆᚦᛁ (faþi) — third singular past indicative

Descendants

• Icelandic: fá

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

fá

1. positive degree strong feminine nominative/accusative singular of fár
2. positive degree strong neuter dative singular of fár
3. positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of fár
4. positive degree weak masculine accusative/dative/genitive singular of fár
5. positive degree weak feminine singular of fár
6. positive degree weak neuter nominative singular of fár
7. positive degree weak nominative/accusative/genitive plural of fár

References

• fá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin fa[muli] in the hymn for St. John the Baptist.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: fá

Noun

fá m (plural fás)

1. fa (musical note)

Coordinate terms

• (C major scale) escala de dó maior; dó, ré, mi, fá, sol, lá, si

Verb

fá

1. Apocopic form of faz; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las

Scanian

Etymology

From Old Norse fá, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): , ,

Verb

fá (preterite singular fikk or fe, preterite plural finge, supine fáeð)

1. to get