farfar

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Danish

Etymology

From far +‎ far. From Old Norse fǫðurfaðir (literally “father's father”). Compare Icelandic föðurfaðir, Norwegian farfar, Swedish farfar.

Pronunciation

Noun

farfar (singular definite farfaren or farfaderen, plural indefinite farfædre)

  1. paternal grandfather

Declension

Declension of farfar
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative farfar farfaren
farfaderen 		farfædre farfædrene
genitive farfars farfarens
farfaderens 		farfædres farfædrenes

References

Maltese

Root
f-r-f-r
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic فَرْفَرَ (farfara).

Pronunciation

Verb

farfar (imperfect jfarfar, past participle mfarfar)

  1. to brush off, to swipe away

Conjugation

    Conjugation of farfar
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m farfart farfart farfar farfarna farfartu farfru
f farfret
imperfect m nfarfar tfarfar jfarfar nfarfru tfarfru jfarfru
f tfarfar
imperative farfar farfru

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From far +‎ far.

Noun

farfar m (definite singular farfaren, indefinite plural farfedre, definite plural farfedrene)

  1. paternal grandfather

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From far +‎ far.

Noun

farfar m (definite singular farfaren, indefinite plural farfedrar, definite plural farfedrane)

  1. paternal grandfather

References

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

far +‎ far

Pronunciation

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Noun

farfar c

  1. a father's father; a paternal grandfather

Declension

Declension of farfar 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative farfar farfadern farfäder farfäderna
Genitive farfars farfaderns farfäders farfädernas

References

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Verb

farfar (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴰⵔⴼⴰⵔ)

  1. (intransitive) to fly away
  2. (intransitive) to flap the wings, to flutter

Conjugation

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