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Bassa

Pronunciation

Verb

  1. to lose
  2. to tear

References

Faroese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

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

Etymology 2

From Old Norse , from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.

Verb

(third person singular past indicative fekk, third person plural past indicative fingu, supine fingið)

  1. (archaic, poetic) to get
Synonyms

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
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  • Rhymes: -faː

Noun

solmisation

(plural fák)

  1. fa, a syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth note of a major scale
    Coordinate terms: , , mi, szó, , ti

Declension

Its inflected forms are uncommon.

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative fák
accusative fát fákat
dative fának fáknak
instrumental fával fákkal
causal-final fáért fákért
translative fává fákká
terminative fáig fákig
essive-formal fáként fákként
essive-modal fául
inessive fában fákban
superessive fán fákon
adessive fánál fáknál
illative fába fákba
sublative fára fákra
allative fához fákhoz
elative fából fákból
delative fáról fákról
ablative fától fáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
fáé fáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
fáéi fákéi
Possessive forms of
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. fám fáim
2nd person sing. fád fáid
3rd person sing. fája fái
1st person plural fánk fáink
2nd person plural fátok fáitok
3rd person plural fájuk fáik

or (as a means of distinction from the inflection of fa (tree))

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative fá-k
accusative fá-t fá-kat
dative fá-nak fá-knak
instrumental fá-val fá-kkal
causal-final fá-ért fá-kért
translative fá-vá fá-kká
terminative fá-ig fá-kig
essive-formal fá-ként fá-kként
essive-modal fá-ul
inessive fá-ban fá-kban
superessive fá-n fá-kon
adessive fá-nál fá-knál
illative fá-ba fá-kba
sublative fá-ra fá-kra
allative fá-hoz fá-khoz
elative fá-ból fá-kból
delative fá-ról fá-król
ablative fá-tól fá-któl
non-attributive
possessive - singular
fá-é fá-ké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
fá-éi fá-kéi
Possessive forms of
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. fá-m fá-im
2nd person sing. fá-d fá-id
3rd person sing. fá-ja fá-i
1st person plural fá-nk fá-ink
2nd person plural fá-tok fá-itok
3rd person plural fá-juk fá-ik

Further reading

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse , from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. Doublet of fanga (to capture, to seize).

Pronunciation

Verb

(strong verb, third-person singular past indicative fékk, third-person plural past indicative fengu, supine fengið)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to receive, to get
  2. (ditransitive, with dative and accusative objects) to give (somebody something)

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Preposition

(plus dative, triggers lenition)

  1. Ulster form of faoi (about, concerning)
Usage notes

The standard Irish and Connacht form faoi and the Munster form mean both ‘under’ and ‘about, concerning’. In Ulster, these two meanings are split: faoi means ‘under’, while means ‘about, concerning’.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Particle

(triggers h-prothesis)

  1. Alternative form of fa, obsolete form of ba (was) (past affirmative and relative of is).
    • 2014 [1628–1634], Geoffrey Keating, edited by Beatrix Färber, David Comyn, Patrick S. Dinneen, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn, CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts:
      gurab Alba hainm don chrích sin
      that that country’s name was Scotland

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 313, page 110

Lahu

Verb

  1. to hide something

See also

vàʔ (to hide oneself)

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

Conjunction

  1. Alternative spelling of fa (or)

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.

Verb

(singular past indicative fekk, plural past indicative fengu, past participle fenginn)

  1. to get
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Icelandic:
  • Faroese: fáa,
  • Norwegian:
  • Elfdalian: fą̊
  • Old Swedish:
  • Old Danish:

References

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Norse ᚠᚨᛁᚺᛁᛞᛟ (faihido), ᚠᚨᚺᛁᛞᛟ (fahido) (1st singular past indicative), from Proto-Germanic *faihijaną.

Verb

  1. to draw, paint (runes)
Conjugation
Alternative forms
Descendants

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

  1. positive degree strong feminine nominative/accusative singular of fár
  2. positive degree strong neuter dative singular of fár
  3. positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of fár
  4. positive degree weak masculine accusative/dative/genitive singular of fár
  5. positive degree weak feminine singular of fár
  6. positive degree weak neuter nominative singular of fár
  7. positive degree weak nominative/accusative/genitive plural of fár

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin fa[muli] in the hymn for St. John the Baptist.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation:

Noun

 m (plural fás)

  1. fa (musical note)

Coordinate terms

Verb

  1. Apocopic form of faz; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las

Scanian

Etymology

From Old Norse , from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

(preterite singular fikk or fe, preterite plural finge, supine fáeð)

  1. to get