fas

See also FAS, Fas, and fàs

English

Noun

fas

1. Plural form of fa

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -as

Noun

fas

1. Plural form of fa

Verb

fas

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

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Galician

Verb

fas

1. second-person singular present indicative of facer

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Latin

FWOTD - 20 November 2012

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂os (“utterance, saying”), a derivative of the root *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”) whence also Latin for, fārī.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: faːs

Noun

fās n (no genitive singular form)

1. (uncountable) divine law, or an obligation thereunder

   hoc contra jus fasque est

   this is against law and divine law

   • Corpus Reformatorum, volume 38, page 235:

     Itaque si fas non est patris, vel filii, patrui vel nepotis uxorem habere in matrimonio, unum et idem de fratris uxore sentire convenit: de qua similis prorsus lex uno contextu et tenore perlata est.

     And so if divine law is that the father, or the son, the uncle or the nephew are not to have a wife in marriage, it comes together as one and the same thing about the brother's wife: from which a similar law is conveyed by means of connecting and grasping [a pattern].

2. (uncountable) the will of God; a predetermined destiny

Declension

• This word is used only in the nominative and accusative singular forms.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	fās	—
genitive	—	—
dative	—	—
accusative	fās	—
ablative	—	—
vocative	—	—

Derived terms

• nefās

References

• Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Brill, 2008, page 203

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Lojban

Rafsi

fas

1. rafsi of fraso.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

fas c

1. a phase, a time period
2. a phase (angular difference in periodic waves)

   i fas, ur fas

   in phase, out of phase

3. a sloping edge

Declension

Declension of fas

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fas	fasen	faser	faserna
genitive	fas	fasens	fasers	fasernas

Related terms

• fasa
• fasett

References

• fas in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)