fedan
English
Noun
fedan (plural fedans)
- A measure of land used in Sudan and Egypt, slightly more than an English acre. One fedan is about 4200 square meters.
- 1993, Rikki Ducornet, The Jade Cabinet, Dalkey Archive Press, p. 71:
- Tubbs, in the fall of 1862, sent emissaries to Cairo to pressure Ismail, heir to the throne, into planting several thousand fedans – which Tubbs promised to buy.
- 1993, Rikki Ducornet, The Jade Cabinet, Dalkey Archive Press, p. 71:
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Galician
Verb
fedan
Old English
Etymology
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From Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-. Cognate with Old Saxon fōdian, Dutch voeden, Old High German fuotan, Old Norse fœða (Danish føde, Swedish föda, Icelandic fæða), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (fōdjan).
Pronunciation
Verb
fēdan
- to feed
Conjugation
Conjugation of fēdan (weak class 1)
infinitive | fēdan | fēdenne |
---|---|---|
indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | fēde | fēdde |
second person singular | fēdest, fētst | fēddest |
third person singular | fēdeþ, fētt, fēt | fēdde |
plural | fēdaþ | fēddon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | fēde | fēdde |
plural | fēden | fēdden |
imperative | ||
singular | fēd | |
plural | fēdaþ | |
participle | present | past |
fēdende | (ġe)fēded |
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