feda

feda

1. inflection of feder:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Borrowed from English pedal.

• IPA^(key): /féː.dàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

fēdā̀ f (plural fēdōjī, possessed form fēdàr̃)

1. pedal (of a bicycle)

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.da/
• Rhymes: -ɛda
• Hyphenation: fè‧da

feda

1. feminine singular of fedo

feda

1. inflection of fedare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Arabic فَدَى (fadā), which is also used in the Christian religious sense. The financial sense is probably a loan translation of or at least influenced by English redeem. Unrelated with borrowed fada (“to trust”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.da/

feda (imperfect jifdi, past participle mifdi, verbal noun fidi)

1. (also Christianity) to redeem; to ransom; to deliver
2. (finance) to redeem

• fea (Vivaro-Alpine)

From Old Occitan feda, from Latin fēta (“mother-sheep”), substantivization of the adjective fētus.

• Audio (Languedoc):

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feda f (plural fedas)

1. (Languedoc) sheep, specifically a ewe

• fedon

feda

1. inflection of feder:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative