farmur

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Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse farmr, from Proto-Germanic *farmaz, from the strong verb *faraną (to go).[1] Also see fara (to go).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

farmur m (genitive singular farms, plural farmar)

  1. cargo, freight

Declension[edit]

Declension of farmur
m6 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative farmur farmurin farmar farmarnir
accusative farm farmin farmar farmarnar
dative farmi farminum farmum farmunum
genitive farms farmsins farma farmanna

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “farma”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 130

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse farmr, from Proto-Germanic *farmaz, from the strong verb *faraną (to go). Also see fara (to go).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

farmur m (genitive singular farms, nominative plural farmar)

  1. cargo, load, charge

Declension[edit]