From the fered variant of fürdik (“to bathe”, the word family originally expressing “to turn, revolve, spin”) + -e (obsolete present-participle suffix). Its current meaning goes back to the sense “to turn round, diverge, deviate from straight”, compare fordul.
ferde (comparative ferdébb, superlative legferdébb)
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | ferde | ferdék |
accusative | ferdét | ferdéket |
dative | ferdének | ferdéknek |
instrumental | ferdével | ferdékkel |
causal-final | ferdéért | ferdékért |
translative | ferdévé | ferdékké |
terminative | ferdéig | ferdékig |
essive-formal | ferdeként | ferdékként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | ferdében | ferdékben |
superessive | ferdén | ferdéken |
adessive | ferdénél | ferdéknél |
illative | ferdébe | ferdékbe |
sublative | ferdére | ferdékre |
allative | ferdéhez | ferdékhez |
elative | ferdéből | ferdékből |
delative | ferdéről | ferdékről |
ablative | ferdétől | ferdéktől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
ferdéé | ferdéké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
ferdééi | ferdékéi |
From Old English fierd, fyrd, feord, from Proto-West Germanic *fardi, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to put across, ferry”); compare faren. Forms with a final vowel are from the Old English oblique forms.
Cognate with Old Frisian ferd, fart (“an expedition, journey”), Old High German fart (“journey”) (German Fahrt), Danish færd (“voyage, travel”).
ferde (plural ferdes or ferden)
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ferde (present tense ferdar, past tense ferda, past participle ferda, passive infinitive ferdast, present participle ferdande, imperative ferde/ferd)
From Middle English ferd.
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