ferja

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Faroese[edit]

Noun[edit]

ferja f (genitive singular ferju, plural ferjur)

  1. ferry

Declension[edit]

Declension of ferja
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ferja ferjan ferjur ferjurnar
accusative ferju ferjuna ferjur ferjurnar
dative ferju ferjuni ferjum ferjunum
genitive ferju ferjunnar ferja ferjanna

Verb[edit]

ferja (third person singular past indicative ferjaði, third person plural past indicative ferjað, supine ferjað)

  1. to ferry

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of ferja (group v-30)
infinitive ferja
supine ferjað
participle (a6)1 ferjandi ferjaður
present past
first singular ferji ferjaði
second singular ferjar ferjaði
third singular ferjar ferjaði
plural ferja ferjaðu
imperative
singular ferja!
plural ferjið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Gothic[edit]

Romanization[edit]

ferja

  1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰

Icelandic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ferja f (genitive singular ferju, nominative plural ferjur)

  1. ferry

Declension[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

ferja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ferjaði, supine ferjað)

  1. to ferry

Conjugation[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

ferja m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of ferje

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

ferja f (definite singular ferja, indefinite plural ferjer or ferjor, definite plural ferjene or ferjone)

  1. definite singular of ferje
  2. (pre-2012) alternative form of ferje

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *farjǭ.

Noun[edit]

ferja f (genitive ferju)

  1. ferry
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • ferja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *farjaną, *farjōną, also from *farjǭ.

Verb[edit]

ferja (singular present indicative ferr or ferjar, singular past indicative farði or ferjaði)

  1. to ferry
Conjugation[edit]

Due to its twofold etymology, ferja is inflected as both a short class 1 weak verb and a class 2 weak verb.

References[edit]

  • ferja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press