fach

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See also: Fach and -fach

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faχ/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

fach

  1. singular imperative of fachen

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fach. Compare Polish fach and Silesian fach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfax/
  • Rhymes: -ax
  • Syllabification: fach

Noun

fach m inan

  1. profession, trade, occupation
    Synonym: wark

Declension

Declension of fach
singular plural
nominative fach fachë
genitive fachù fachów
dative fachòwi fachóm
accusative fach fachë
instrumental fachã, fachem (regional) fachama
locative fachù fachach
vocative fach/fachù fachë

Further reading

  • “fach”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Norman

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French fache, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs (“face, shape”).

Noun

fach f

  1. (Sark, anatomy) face

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin factum.

Noun

fach m

  1. (Languedoc, Provençal) fact

Verb

fach

  1. past participle of far

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *faih (“hostile”). Cognates include Old English fāh and Old Dutch *fēh.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fāch

  1. outlawed

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fach. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from German Fachwerk. Compare Kashubian fach and Silesian fach.

Pronunciation

 
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ax
  • Syllabification: fach

Noun

fach m inan (related adjective fachowy)

  2. (colloquial) trade (skilled practice of an occupation)
    Synonyms: zawód, profesja
  4. (Central Greater Poland, architecture) Synonym of przęsło

Declension

Declension of fach
singular plural
nominative fach fachy
genitive fachu fachów
dative fachowi fachom
accusative fach fachy
instrumental fachem fachami
locative fachu fachach
vocative fachu fachy

Derived terms

nouns
adverbs
nouns

Further reading

  • fach in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • fach in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “fach”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 18

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

fach

  1. Soft mutation of bach (“small”).

Etymology 2

Noun

fach

  1. Soft mutation of bach (“hook”).

Mutation

Mutated forms of bach
radical soft nasal aspirate
bach fach mach unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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