fah

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See also: faħ

English

Etymology 1

An anglicised spelling of fa.

Noun

fah (plural fahs)

  1. (music) Alternative form of fa.

Etymology 2

Interjection

fah

  1. Alternative form of faugh
    • 1957, Henry W. Coray, Son of Tears, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 14:
      He leaned against the fence, pulled a pear from his tunic and bit into it. His face puckered. "No good?" Alypius said. Augustine spat out the pieces. "Fah!" he said.

Etymology 3

Adverb

fah

  1. (New England) Pronunciation spelling of far.

Anagrams

Old English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz.

Adjective

fāh

  1. guilty; criminal
  2. hostile
  3. outlawed
Declension
Declension of fāh — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative fāh fā fāh
Accusative fāne, fānne fā fāh
Genitive fās fāre, fārre fās
Dative fām, fāum fāre, fārre fām, fāum
Instrumental fā fāre, fārre fā
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative fā fā fā
Accusative fā fā fā
Genitive fāra, fārra fāra, fārra fāra, fārra
Dative fām, fāum fām, fāum fām, fāum
Instrumental fām, fāum fām, fāum fām, fāum
Declension of fāh — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative fā fā fā
Accusative fān fān fā
Genitive fān fān fān
Dative fān fān fān
Instrumental fān fān fān
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative fān fān fān
Accusative fān fān fān
Genitive fāra, fārra, fāna fāra, fārra, fāna fāra, fārra, fāna
Dative fām, fāum fām, fāum fām, fāum
Instrumental fām, fāum fām, fāum fām, fāum
Descendants
  • Middle English: fo, foo; fa
    • English: foe (obsolete as an adjective)

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz, from Proto-Indo-European *póyḱos; cognate with Old High German fēh, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (faihs). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek ποικίλος (poikílos, “multicoloured”).

The inflected stem fāg- may be because this word ultimately reflects a Proto-Germanic variant *faigaz; alternatively, it may be due to analogy with other adjectives with an alternation between and , such as smēag, smēah (“creeping, subtle”).

Alternative forms

Adjective

fāh

  1. decorated, coloured, shining, adorned
Declension
Declension of fāh — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative fāh fāh fāh
Accusative fāgne fāge fāh
Genitive fāges fāgre fāges
Dative fāgum fāgre fāgum
Instrumental fāge fāgre fāge
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative fāge fāga, fāge fāh
Accusative fāge fāga, fāge fāh
Genitive fāgra fāgra fāgra
Dative fāgum fāgum fāgum
Instrumental fāgum fāgum fāgum
Declension of fāh — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative fāga fāge fāge
Accusative fāgan fāgan fāge
Genitive fāgan fāgan fāgan
Dative fāgan fāgan fāgan
Instrumental fāgan fāgan fāgan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative fāgan fāgan fāgan
Accusative fāgan fāgan fāgan
Genitive fāgra, fāgena fāgra, fāgena fāgra, fāgena
Dative fāgum fāgum fāgum
Instrumental fāgum fāgum fāgum
Derived terms
Descendants

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką, whence also Old English fæc.

Noun

fah n

  1. wall

Descendants

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