faa

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See also: FAA, fáa, få, faʻa, and fa'a

English

Noun

faa (plural faas)

  1. The letter ف in the Arabic script.

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German fāhan, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. Compare German fahen, fangen, Dutch vangen, English fang, Icelandic fá.

Verb

faa

  1. (Uri) to catch

Conjugation

Strong:

    conjugation of faa – Urner dialect
infinitive faa
past participle gfange
singular plural
1st person
ich, i 		2nd person
du 		3rd person
er/si/es 		1st person
mir 		2nd person
ir 		3rd person
si
indicative present faa faasch fat faa fängt faa
subjunctive present fëë, fäng, fängi fëëesch, fängesch fëë, fäng, fängi fëëe, fänge fëëet, fänget fëëe, fänge
past fieng, fiengi fiengesch fieng, fiengi fienge fienget fienge
imperative affirmative — fach — — fäänt —

Mixed:

    conjugation of faa – Urner dialect
infinitive faa
past participle gfange
singular plural
1st person
ich, i 		2nd person
du 		3rd person
er/si/es 		1st person
mir 		2nd person
ir 		3rd person
si
indicative present faa faasch fat faa fängt faa
subjunctive present fëë, fäng, fängi fëëesch, fängesch fëë, fäng, fängi fëëe, fänge fëëet, fänget fëëe, fänge
past fät, fätti fättesch fät, fätti fätte fättet fätte
imperative affirmative — fach — — fäänt —

References

Jamamadí

Noun

faa

  1. (Banawá) water

References

Middle English

Noun

faa

  1. Alternative form of fo

Scots

Verb

faa

  1. fall

Swahili

Etymology

Of Bantu origin.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

-faa (infinitive kufaa)

  1. to fit
  2. to be suitable or useful
    Synonym: halisi

Conjugation

Conjugation of -faa
Positive present -nafaa
Subjunctive -fae
Negative -fai
Imperative singular faa
Infinitives
Positive kufaa
Negative kutofaa
Imperatives
Singular faa
Plural faeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufaa
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifaa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufaa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafaa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafaa/nafaa tunafaa
2nd person unafaa mnafaa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafaa wanafaa
other classes positive subject concord + -nafaa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fai)
Singular Plural
1st person sifai hatufai
2nd person hufai hamfai
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafai hawafai
other classes negative subject concord + -fai
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafaa
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafaa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fae)
Singular Plural
1st person nifae tufae
2nd person ufae mfae
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afae wafae
other classes positive subject concord + -fae
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifae
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefaa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefaa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifaa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifaa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afaa)
Singular Plural
1st person nafaa twafaa
2nd person wafaa mwafaa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afaa wafaa
m-mi(III/IV) wafaa yafaa
ji-ma(V/VI) lafaa yafaa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafaa vyafaa
n(IX/X) yafaa zafaa
u(XI) wafaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafaa
pa(XVI) pafaa
mu(XVIII) mwafaa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefaa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafaa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafaa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifaa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofaa
Consecutive kafaa / positive subject concord + -kafaa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafae
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifaa -tufaa
2nd person -kufaa -wafaa/-kufaeni/-wafaeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfaa -wafaa
m-mi(III/IV) -ufaa -ifaa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifaa -yafaa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifaa -vifaa
n(IX/X) -ifaa -zifaa
u(XI) -ufaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufaa
pa(XVI) -pafaa
mu(XVIII) -mufaa
Reflexive -jifaa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -faa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -faaye -faao
m-mi(III/IV) -faao -faayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -faalo -faayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -faacho -faavyo
n(IX/X) -faayo -faazo
u(XI) -faao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -faako
pa(XVI) -faapo
mu(XVIII) -faamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -faa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefaa -ofaa
m-mi(III/IV) -ofaa -yofaa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofaa -yofaa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofaa -vyofaa
n(IX/X) -yofaa -zofaa
u(XI) -ofaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofaa
pa(XVI) -pofaa
mu(XVIII) -mofaa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

Woleaian

Etymology

From Proto-Micronesian *faasa.

Noun

faa

  1. string, cord, band, lace
    Gasi faa yeel!
    Take this string!

References

  • Bender, Byron W., Goodenough, Ward H., Jackson, Frederick H., Marck, Jeffrey C., Sohn, Ho-Min, Trussel, Stephen, Wang, Judith W. (2003) “Proto-Micronesian reconstructions: I”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 42, number 1, →DOI, pages 1-110
  • Sohn, Ho-Mihn, Tawerilmang, Anthony F. (1976) “faa”, in Woleaian-English Dictionary, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 52
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