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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse fé (“cattle, property”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu, cognate with Norwegian Bokmål fe, Swedish fä, English fee, Dutch vee, and German Vieh. The
Germanic noun goes back to Proto-Indo-European *péḱu (“livestock”), cf. Latin pecū (“farm animals”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fæ n (singular definite fæet, plural indefinite fæ)
- fool, blockhead
- (dated) livestock
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse fé (“cattle, sheep; property, money”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fæ n (genitive singular fíggjar, uncountable)
- cattle, livestock
- riches, richness, property, goods, money
Declension
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fæ
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| Accusative
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fæ
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| Dative
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fæ/
fæi
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| Genitive
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fíggjar
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Synonyms
Derived terms
Icelandic
Etymology
See fá.
Pronunciation
Verb
fæ
- first-person singular present indicative of fá
Ligurian
Verb
fæ
- inflection of fâ:
- second-person singular/second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural present subjunctive
- second-person plural imperative
- (obsolete) inflection of fâ:
- second-person singular future indicative
- first-person singular/third-person singular present conditional
Old Norse
Verb
fæ
- first-person singular present active indicative of fá