far
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /fɑː(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /fA:(\r)/
- (GenAm) IPA: /fɑɹ/, SAMPA: /fAr\/
- Audio (US)help, file
- Rhymes: -ɑː(r)
[edit] Adjective
far (comparative farther/further, superlative farthest/furthest)
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- Remote in space.
- He went to a far country.
- Remote in time.
- Long.
- It was a far adventure, full of danger.
- More remote or longer of two.
- He moved to the far end of the state. She remained at this end.
- Extreme.
- We are on the far right on this issue.
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[edit] Adverb
far (comparative farther/further, superlative farthest/furthest)
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- Distant in space, time or degree.
- To or from a great distance, time, or degree.
- You have all come far' and you will go farther.
- (with a comparative) Very much.
- He was far richer than we'd thought.
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[edit] Albanian
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far
[edit] Catalan
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far
[edit] Danish
[edit] Etymology
From Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“‘father’”).
[edit] Noun
far c. (singular definite faren, plural indefinite fædre)
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Back-formation from fari. "to do, to make"
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far
- by
- La libro de Johano far Ŝekspiro (John's book of/by Shakespeare)
[edit] Usage notes
Unofficial. The most common innovative preposition, far is used for some of the functions of the preposition de "of, from, by", which some authors feel is overworked. Useful for example to distinguish the owner of a book (de) from the author (far).
[edit] Faroese
[edit] Noun
far n.
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| n5 | Singular | Plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | far | farið | før | førini |
| Accusative | far | farið | før | førini |
| Dative | fari | farinum | førum | førunum |
| Genitive | fars | farsins | fara | faranna |
[edit] Hungarian
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Maybe from the same Uralic root *perä as Finnish perä.
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- IPA: /ˈfɒr/
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far (plural farok)
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declension of far
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[edit] Icelandic
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far n.
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far
[edit] Maltese
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From Arabic فأرٌ (fa’r), “‘mouse’”).
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far
[edit] Norwegian Bokmål
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far m. (definite singular faren; indefinite plural fedre; definite plural fedrene)
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- lighthouse
- (figuratively) beacon
- car headlight
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far
- where (non-interrogative)
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- Bha e cunnartach far an robh am balach ag iasgach — it was dangerous where the boy was fishing
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[edit] Swedish
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Short for fader.
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| Inflection for far | Singular | Plural | ||
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| common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Base form | far | fadern | fäder | fäderna |
| Possessive form | fars | faderns | fäders | fädernas |
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far
[edit] Turkish
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far (definite accusative farı, plural farlar)
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[edit] Noun
far (definite accusative farı, plural farlar)
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- göz farı (2)