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

Declension

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

Maltese

Root
f-r-f-r
1 term

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic فَرْفَرَ (farfara).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

farfar (imperfect jfarfar, past participle mfarfar, verbal noun tfarfir)

1. to brush off, to swipe away
2. to flap (wings, tail, etc.) (to move (something broad and loose) up and down)
3. to beat, to strike [with lil ‘to someone’]
4. (figuratively) to shirk, to avoid a duty

Conjugation

Conjugation of farfar (Form Iq)

positive forms
		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
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	farfartx	farfartx	farfarx	farfarniex	farfartux	farfrux
	f			farfritx
imperfect	m	nfarfarx	tfarfarx	jfarfarx	nfarfrux	tfarfrux	jfarfrux
	f			tfarfarx
imperative			tfarfarx			tfarfrux

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.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From far +‎ far.

Noun

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

1. paternal grandfather

See also

• farmor
• morfar
• mormor
• godfar, bestefar
• godmor, bestemor

References

• “farfar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Swedish kinship terms

Alternative forms

• farfader (uncommon)

Etymology

far +‎ far

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

farfar c

1. a father's father; a paternal grandfather

Declension

Declension of farfar

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	farfar	farfars
	definite	farfadern	farfaderns
plural	indefinite	farfäder	farfäders
	definite	farfäderna	farfädernas

References

• “farfar”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “farfar”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Tarifit

Root
f-r (flight)
3 terms

Alternative forms

• ffarfar
• ferfer

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber. Cognate with Tashelhit frfr. Possibly ultimately onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Nador) IPA^(key): [faːfaː]

Verb

farfar (verbal noun afarfar, Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴰⵔⴼⴰⵔ) (intransitive)

1. to fly (away)
2. to flap the wings, to flutter
3. to blink

Conjugation

Conjugation of farfar

aorist perfective negative perfective imperfective negative imperfective participle ifarfaren ifarfaren ifarfaren yettfarfaren yettfarfaren singular plural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person aorist m farfareɣ tfarfared ifarfar nfarfar tfarfarem farfaren f tfarfar tfarfarent farfarent perfective m farfareɣ tfarfared ifarfar nfarfar tfarfarem farfaren f tfarfar tfarfarent farfarent negative perfective m farfareɣ tfarfared ifarfar nfarfar tfarfarem farfaren f tfarfar tfarfarent farfarent imperfective m ttfarfareɣ tettfarfared yettfarfar nettfarfar tettfarfarem ttfarfaren f tettfarfar tettfarfarent ttfarfarent negative imperfective m ttfarfareɣ tettfarfared yettfarfar nettfarfar tettfarfarem ttfarfaren f tettfarfar tettfarfarent ttfarfarent aorist imperative m farfar farfarem, farfaret f farfarent imperfective imperative m ttfarfar ttfarfarem, ttfarfaret f ttfarfarent injunctive m nfarfaret f nfarfarent

References

• Serhoual (2002)
• Abarrou (2024)