fer

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See also -fer, Fer, fér, and fær

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[edit] English

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[edit] Preposition

fer

  1. (regional) Eye dialect spelling of for.

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[edit] Anglo-Norman

[edit] Noun

fer m. (oblique plural fers, nominative singular fers, nominative plural fer)

  1. iron (material)

[edit] Aragonese

[edit] Verb

fer

  1. to make

[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology 1

From Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō.

[edit] Verb

fer (first-person singular present faig, past participle fet)

  1. to make, to produce
    Fer vinagre.
    To make vinegar.
    Aquesta terra fa molt bon blat.
    This land produces very good wheat.
    Quatre i quatre fan vuit.
    Four and four make eight.
    Fer d'un enemic un aliat.
    To turn an enemy into an ally.
  2. to make up
    Els jubilats fan un quart de la població.
    Retired people make up a quarter of the population.
  3. to do, to cause to be done
  4. to make do
  5. to give
    El primer marit li va fer dos fills.
    Her first husband gave her two sons.
    Feu-me mig quilo de formatge.
    Give me half a kilo of cheese.
  6. to lay
    La canària ha fet un ou.
    The canary has laid an egg.
  7. to cause
  8. to go
  9. (impersonal, of weather) to be
    Fa fred!
    It is cold!
  10. to play
  11. to measure
[edit] Conjugation
    Conjugation of fer
infinitive fer
present participle fent
past participle fet
person singular plural
first second third first second third
Indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present faig fas fa fem feu fan
imperfect feia feies feia fèiem fèieu feien
future faré faràs farà farem fareu faran
preterite fiu feres féu férem féreu feren
conditional faria faries faria fariem farieu farien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella nosaltres vosaltres ells/elles
present faci facis faci fem feu facin
imperfect fes fessis fes féssim féssiu fessin
imperative - tu ell/ella nosaltres vosaltres ells/elles
fes faci fem feu facin
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[edit] Etymology 2

From Latin ferus.

[edit] Adjective

fer m. (feminine fera, masculine plural fers, feminine plural feres)

  1. wild
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fer

  1. third-person singular present of fara: he, she, it goes.

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fara, v-55
number singular plural
person first second third all
Indicative eg tú hann / hon
tað		 vit, tit,
teir / tær / tey
tygum
Present fari fert fer fara
Past fór fórt fór fóru
Imperative tú tit
Present — far ! — farið !
Infinitive fara
Pres. part. farandi
Past part. a26 farin
Supine farið

[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Latin ferrum.

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[edit] Noun

fer m. (plural fers)

  1. iron
  2. shoe (for horse); steel tip
  3. (golf) iron
  4. iron (appliance)
  5. (in the plural, archaic) irons, fetters

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[edit] Latin

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fer

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of for  "may I speak, may I say"

[edit] Manx

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish fer, from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.

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fer m. (plural fir)

  1. man
    • Cha nel mee lowal rish y fer aeg shen. I do not approve of that young man.

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[edit] Middle English

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fer

  1. far

[edit] Occitan

[edit] Etymology

Latin faciō

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fer

  1. to do
  2. to make

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This Occitan verb needs a conjugation template

[edit] Old French

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From Latin

[edit] Noun

fer m. (oblique plural fers, nominative singular fers, nominative plural fer)

  1. iron (metal)

[edit] Old High German

[edit] Etymology

From West Proto-Germanic *ferro-, whence also Old English feorr.

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fer

  1. remote

[edit] Old Irish

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognates include Latin vir, Sanskrit वीर (vīrá) and Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂 (waír).

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[edit] Noun

fer m.

  1. man
  2. husband

[edit] Declension

Masculine o-stem
Case Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fer fir
Vocative fir — firu
Accusative fer
Genitive fir fer
Dative fiur feraib


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[edit] Romansch

[edit] Alternative forms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) far

[edit] Etymology

From Latin faciō, facere.

[edit] Verb

fer

  1. (Puter) to do, make

[edit] Scots

[edit] Adjective

fer (comparative ferther, superlative ferthest)

  1. (South Scots) far
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