fa

See also Appendix:Variations of "fa"

English

Alternative forms

• fah

Etymology

From the first syllable of the Latin word famuli, extracted of the poem Mira gestorum famuli tuorum.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

fa (plural fas)

1. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth note of a major scale.

Translations

fourth note of a major scale

Arabic: فا (ar) (faa) m. Basque: fa (eu) Japanese: ファ (ja) (fa)

Korean: 파 (ko) (pa) Russian: фа (ru) (fa) n. Spanish: fa (es)

See also

do la mi

re so ti

Anagrams

• AF

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Catalan

Etymology 1

Noun

fa m. (plural fas)

1. (music) fa (fourth note of diatonic scale)

Etymology 2

From the Catalan verb fer (“to do”).

Verb

fa

1. Third-person singular present indicative form of fer.

Preposition

fa

1. ago

   fa molts anys...

   many years ago...

Interjection

fa

1. (dialectal) A particle used in some dialects to emphasize a negative sentence.

   Fa que no es veu!

   literally, "it does that it's not seen!", meaning "it’s obvious!"

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Gothic

Romanization

fa

1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌰

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the same Uralic root *puwe as the Finnish and Estonian puu.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfɒ/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

fa (not comparable)

1. wooden (mostly in compounds)

Noun

fa (plural fák)

1. wood (material beneath the bark of the trunk or branches of a tree)
2. tree
3. lumber
4. timber

Declension

declension of fa singular plural nominative fa fák accusative fát fákat dative fának fáknak instrumental fával fákkal causal-final fáért fákért translative fává fákká terminative fáig fákig essive-formal faként fákként essive-modal - - 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

possessives of fa possessor singular possession plural possession 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

Derived terms

akasztófa almafa birsalmafa cédrusfa családfa diófa ébenfa eperfa facsavar faeper

fagyöngy fahéj fahéjfa fakanál fakopáncs fakutya falevél farész faszén fatörzs

favágó fűzfa gyümölcsfa hársfa kajszibarackfa karácsonyfa karfa körtefa licsifa majomkenyérfa

narancsfa olajfa orgonafa puhafa sárgabarackfa sátorfa szelídgesztenyefa szemöldökfa tiszafa tölgyfa vállfa

Expressions

• fából vaskarika
• nem esik messze az alma a fájától
• nem látja a fától az erdőt

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈfa], SAMPA: /"fa/
• Hyphenation: fà

Adverb

fa

1. ago

Synonyms

• prima

Noun

Wikipedia ^it

fa m. inv.

1. (music) fa (musical note)
2. F (musical note or key)

Alternative forms

• (imperative form) fa', fai

Verb

fa

1. Third-person singular indicative present form of fare.
2. Second-person singular imperative form of fare.

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Japanese

Syllable

fa

1. The hiragana syllable ふぁ (fa) or the katakana syllable ファ (fa) in Hepburn romanization.

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Lojban

Cmavo

fa

1. Indicates that the following word or phrase is the x₁ sumti.

Related terms

fe fi

fo fu

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Mandarin

Romanization

fa

1. Nonstandard spelling of fā.
2. Nonstandard spelling of fá.
3. Nonstandard spelling of fǎ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of fà.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Manx

Noun

fa m.

1. reason, cause

Synonyms

• oyr

Derived terms

• cre'n fa
• gyn fa gyn oyr

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Scots

Etymology

Variant of wha.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fa/

Pronoun

fa

1. (Doric) who

   Fa's this quine, en?

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Swahili

Verb

fa (infinitive kufa)

1. to die

Conjugation

    affirmative conjugation of fa

infinitive		kufa
		singular person
		1st person mimi	2nd person wewe	3rd person/Class 1 yeye/(m)	Class 3 (m)	Class 5 (ji)	Class 7 (ki)	Class 9 (n)	Class 11/14 (u)
indicative	general	nafa	wafa	afa	wafa	lafa	chafa	yafa	wafa
	progressive	ninakufa	unakufa	anakufa	unakufa	linakufa	kinakufa	inakufa	unakufa
	habitual	hufa
	past	nilikufa	ulikufa	alikufa	ulikufa	lilikufa	kilikufa	ilikufa	ulikufa
	perfect	nimekufa	umekufa	amekufa	umekufa	limekufa	kimekufa	imekufa	umekufa
	future	nitakufa	utakufa	atakufa	utakufa	litakufa	kitakufa	itakufa	utakufa
	consecutive	nikafa	ukafa	akafa	ukafa	likafa	kikafa	ikafa	ukafa
conditional	present	ningekufa	ungekufa	angekufa	ungekufa	lingekufa	kingekufa	ingekufa	ungekufa
	past	ningalikufa	ungalikufa	angalikufa	ungalikufa	lingalikufa	kingalikufa	ingalikufa	ungalikufa
subjunctive	general	nife	ufe	afe	ufe	life	kife	ife	ufe
	consecutive	nikafe	ukafe	akafe	ukafe	likafe	kikafe	ikafe	ukafe
comitative		nikifa	ukifa	akifa	ukifa	likifa	kikifa	ikifa	ukifa
imperative			kufa! __fe!‡
		plural person
		1st person sisi	2nd person ninyi	3rd person/Class 2 wao/(wa)	Class 4 (mi)	Class 6 (ma)	Class 8 (vi)	Class 10 (n)	Class 10 (n)†
indicative	general	twafa	mwafa	wafa	yafa	yafa	vyafa	zafa	zafa
	progressive	tunafa	mnafa	wanafa	inafa	yanafa	vinafa	zinafa	zinafa
	habitual	hufa
	past	tulikufa	mlikufa	walikufa	ilikufa	yalikufa	vilikufa	zilikufa	zilikufa
	perfect	tumekufa	mmekufa	wamekufa	imekufa	yamekufa	vimekufa	zimekufa	zimekufa
	future	tutakufa	mtakufa	watakufa	itakufa	yatakufa	vitakufa	zitakufa	zitakufa
	consecutive	tukafa	mkafa	wakafa	ikafa	yakafa	vikafa	zikafa	zikafa
conditional	present	tungekufa	mngekufa	wangekufa	ingekufa	yangekufa	vingekufa	zingekufa	zingekufa
	past	tungalikufa	mngalikufa	wangalikufa	ingalikufa	yangalikufa	vingalikufa	zingalikufa	zingalikufa
subjunctive	general	tufe	mfe	wafe	ife	yafe	vife	zife	zife
	consecutive	tukafe	mkafe	wakafe	ikafe	yakafe	vikafe	zikafe	zikafe
comitative		tukifa	mkifa	wakifa	ikifa	yakifa	vikifa	zikifa	zikifa
imperative		tufe	kufeni! __feni!‡

†Plural for Class 11 nouns only; No plural for identical nouns of Class 14 that share the same affix
‡Imperatives that take an object use the second form

    negative conjugation of fa

infinitive		kutofa
		singular person
		1st person mimi	2nd person wewe	3rd person/Class 1 yeye/(m)	Class 3 (m)	Class 5 (ji)	Class 7 (ki)	Class 9 (n)	Class 11/14 (u)
indicative	general	sifi	hufi	hafi	haufi	halifi	hakifi	haifi	haufi
	progressive	Use General Form	Use General Form	Use General Form	Use General Form	Use General Form	Use General Form	Use General Form	Use General Form
	habitual	Use General Form
	past	sikufa	hukufa	hakufa	haukufa	halikufa	hakikufa	haikufa	haukufa
	perfect	sijafa	hujafa	hajafa	haujafa	halijafa	hakijafa	haijafa	haujafa
	future	sitakufa	hutakufa	hatakufa	hautakufa	halitakufa	hakitakufa	haitakufa	hautakufa
	consecutive	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form
conditional	present	nisingekufa	usingekufa	asingekufa	usingekufa	lisingekufa	kisingekufa	isingekufa	usingekufa
	past	nisingalikufa	usingalikufa	asingalikufa	usingalikufa	lisingalikufa	kisingalikufa	isingalikufa	usingalikufa
subjunctive	general	nisife	usife	asife	usife	lisife	kisife	isife	usife
	consecutive	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form
comitative		nisipokufa	usipokufa	asipokufa	usipokufa	lisipokufa	kisipokufa	isipokufa	usipokufa
imperative			usife!‡
		plural person
		1st person sisi	2nd person ninyi	3rd person/Class 2 wao/(wa)	Class 4 (mi)	Class 6 (ma)	Class 8 (vi)	Class 10 (n)	Class 10 (n)†
indicative	general	hatufi	hamfi	hawafi	haifi	hayafi	havifi	hazifi	hazifi
	progressive	Use General Form	Use General Form	Use General Form	Use General Form	Use General Form	Use General Form	Use General Form	Use General Form
	habitual	Use General Form
	past	hatukufa	hamkufa	hawakufa	haikufa	hayakufa	havikufa	hazikufa	hazikufa
	perfect	hatujafa	hamjafa	hawajafa	haijafa	hayajafa	havijafa	hazijafa	hazijafa
	future	hatutakufa	hamtakufa	hawatakufa	haitakufa	hayatakufa	havitakufa	hazitakufa	hazitakufa
	consecutive	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form
conditional	present	tusingekufa	msingekufa	wasingekufa	isingekufa	yasingekufa	visingekufa	zisingekufa	zisingekufa
	past	tusingalikufa	msingalikufa	wasingalikufa	isingalikufa	yasingalikufa	visingalikufa	zisingalikufa	zisingalikufa
subjunctive	general	tusife	msife	wasife	isife	yasife	visife	zisife	zisife
	consecutive	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form	Use Subjunctive Form
comitative		tusipokufa	msipokufa	wasipokufa	isipokufa	yasipokufa	visipokufa	zisipokufa	zisipokufa
imperative		tusife	msife!‡

†Plural for Class 11 nouns only; No plural for identical nouns of Class 14 that share the same affix
‡Imperatives that take an object use the second form

Related terms

• fu

See also

• ua

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Venetian

Noun

fa m. inv.

1. (music) fa (musical note)
2. F (musical note or key)

Adverb

fa

1. as, like

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Volapük

Preposition

fa

1. by (indicating an agent)

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Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *fa. Cognate of Swahili kufa.

Verb

-fa (infinitive ukufa)

1. to die