fah
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
An anglicised spelling of fa.
Noun[edit]
fah (plural fahs)
- (music) Alternative form of fa.
Anagrams[edit]
Old English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *faihaz.
Adjective[edit]
fāh
Descendants[edit]
- English: foe
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *faihaz, from Proto-Indo-European *póyḱos. Cognate with Old High German fēh, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (faihs). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek ποικίλος (poikílos, “multicoloured”).
Adjective[edit]
fāh
Descendants[edit]
- Scots: faw
Old High German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *faką, whence also Old English fæc.
Noun[edit]
fah n
Descendants[edit]
- German: Fach
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Music
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English lemmas
- Old English adjectives
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old High German lemmas
- Old High German nouns
