faade

Yola

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɸɔːd/

Etymology 1

From Middle English waet, from Old English hwæt, from Proto-West Germanic *hwat.

Alternative forms

• fhaade, faad, fade, f'ad, fadere

Pronoun

faade

1. what
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Var faade?

     For what?

   • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1:

     Faade ee-happen'd mee lauthest Gooude Vreedie.

     What happen'd to me last Good Friday.

Derived terms

• faads

Related terms

• fad (“why”)

Etymology 2

From Middle English faden, from Old French fader.

Verb

faade

1. to fade
   • 1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR:

     F. aake, faace, faade, glaade, laace, maake.

     E. ahce, face, fade, glade, lace, make.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 39 & 13