pharus

See also: Pharus

Latin

Etymology

From Pharus (“Pharos, an island off Alexandria where the famous lighthouse was located”), from Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpʰa.rʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfaː.rus]

Noun

pharus f or m (genitive pharī); second declension

1. lighthouse

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pharus	pharī
genitive	pharī	pharōrum
dative	pharō	pharīs
accusative	pharum	pharōs
ablative	pharō	pharīs
vocative	phare	pharī

Descendants

• Italian: faro
• Old French:
  • French: phare
    • → Bulgarian: фар (far)
    • → English: phare
    • → Khmer: ហ្វារ (faa)
    • → Luxembourgish: Phar
    • → Macedonian: фар (far)
    • → Moore: faare
    • → Romanian: far
    • → Russian: фара (fara)
      • → Crimean Tatar: fara
    • → Turkish: far
    • → Vietnamese: pha
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: faru
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: far
• Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Galician: faro
  • Portuguese: faro, farol
• Old Spanish:
  • Spanish: faro, farol
    • → Central Bikol: parol
    • → Cebuano: parol
    • → Kapampangan: parul
    • → Tausug: parul
• → Albanian: far