farfar

Danish

Etymology

From far +‎ far. From Old Norse fǫðurfaðir (literally “father's father”). Compare Icelandic föðurfaðir, Norwegian farfar, Swedish farfar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faːˀrfaːr/, [ˈfɑˀˌfɑː]

Noun

farfar (singular definite farfaren or farfaderen, plural indefinite farfædre)

1. paternal grandfather

Inflection

Declension of farfar

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	farfar	farfaren farfaderen	farfædre	farfædrene
genitive	farfars	farfarens farfaderens	farfædres	farfædrenes

References

• “farfar” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Maltese

Root
f-r-f-r
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic فَرْفَرَ (farfara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfar.far/
• Rhymes: -arfar

Verb

farfar (imperfect jfarfar, past participle mfarfar)

1. to brush off, to swipe away

Conjugation

Conjugation of farfar
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	farfart	farfart	farfar		farfarna	farfartu	farfru
	f			farfret
imperfect	m	nfarfar	tfarfar	jfarfar		nfarfru	tfarfru	jfarfru
	f			tfarfar
imperative			farfar				farfru

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From far +‎ far.

Noun

farfar m (definite singular farfaren, indefinite plural farfedre, definite plural farfedrene)

1. paternal grandfather

References

• “farfar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From far +‎ far.

Noun

farfar m (definite singular farfaren, indefinite plural farfedrar, definite plural farfedrane)

1. paternal grandfather

References

• “farfar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

far +‎ far

Pronunciation

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Noun

farfar c

1. a father's father; a paternal grandfather

Declension

Declension of farfar
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	farfar	farfadern	farfäder	farfäderna
Genitive	farfars	farfaderns	farfäders	farfädernas