fær
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Faroese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
fær
Usage notes[edit]
- hon fær sær ein kaffimunn - "she gets herself a cup of coffee" (she takes a cup of coffee)
- Sjúrður fær sær hestin Grana og ríður til Regin smið - Sigurd finds the horse Grane and rides to Regin the smith
Icelandic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
fær (comparative færari, superlative færastur)
- able
- talented, competent
- Hún er fær í forritun.
- She is good at programming.
- (of roads) passable
- Er vegurinn fær?
- Is the road passable.
Inflection[edit]
positive (strong declension)
positive (weak declension)
comparative
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | færari | færari | færara |
accusative | færari | færari | færara |
dative | færari | færari | færara |
genitive | færari | færari | færara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | færari | færari | færari |
accusative | færari | færari | færari |
dative | færari | færari | færari |
genitive | færari | færari | færari |
superlative (strong declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | færastur | færust | færast |
accusative | færastan | færasta | færast |
dative | færustum | færastri | færustu |
genitive | færasts | færastrar | færasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | færastir | færastar | færust |
accusative | færasta | færastar | færust |
dative | færustum | færustum | færustum |
genitive | færastra | færastra | færastra |
superlative (weak declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | færasti | færasta | færasta |
accusative | færasta | færustu | færasta |
dative | færasta | færustu | færasta |
genitive | færasta | færustu | færasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | færustu | færustu | færustu |
accusative | færustu | færustu | færustu |
dative | færustu | færustu | færustu |
genitive | færustu | færustu | færustu |
Synonyms[edit]
- (passable): farandi
Antonyms[edit]
- (passable): ófær
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Anagrams[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Verb[edit]
fær
Old English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *fērō. Cognate with Old Saxon vār (“ambush”) (Dutch gevaar (“danger”)), Old High German fāra (“ambush, danger, deceit”) (German Gefahr (“danger”)).
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fǣr m
- sudden danger, calamity
- fǣrslide ― a sudden fall
- fǣrrǣs ― sudden rush
- fǣrrǣsende ― rushing headlong
- sudden attack; ambush; a blitz
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English: fear
Etymology 2[edit]
From the same Germanic source as faran. Cognate with Old High German fuora (German Fuhre).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fær n
Declension[edit]
Declension of fær (strong-a-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *fahaz.
Noun[edit]
fær f
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
Westrobothnian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fær n
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
fær
- imperative of fara
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
fær m (definite fæærn)
- Alternative form of far
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- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peḱ- (pluck)
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Old Norse lemmas
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- non:Sheep
- Westrobothnian terms derived from Old Norse
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- Westrobothnian verb forms
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