fræ

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See also: frae and Frae

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fræ, from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą.

Pronunciation

Noun

fræ n (genitive singular fræs, plural fræ)

  1. a seed of a plant

Declension

n4 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fræ fræið fræ fræini
accusative fræ fræið fræ fræini
dative fræ, fræi frænum fræum fræunum
genitive fræs fræsins fræa fræanna

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fræ, from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą, whence also the variant frjó.

Pronunciation

Noun

fræ n (genitive singular fræs, nominative plural fræ)

  1. a seed of a plant

Declension

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Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin frāter, from Proto-Italic *frātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

Noun

fræ m (invariable)

  1. brother

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

fræ n (definite singular frøet, indefinite plural frø, definite plural frøa or frøi)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of frø

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *fraiwą, whence also the variant frjó.

Noun

fræ n (genitive fræs, dative frævi, plural fræ)

  1. a seed of a plant
Declension
Descendants

Here are also descendants of the variant frjó.

  • Icelandic: frjó, fræ
  • Faroese: fræ
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: frø, fræ, frjo, fre, frjø
  • Norwegian Bokmål: frø
  • Swedish: frö
  • Danish: frø

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

fræ

  1. inflection of frær:
    1. strong feminine nominative singular
    2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural

References

  • fræ in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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