farë

See also: fare, faré, fâre, and fārè

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *pʰarā, from Proto-Indo-European *sporáh₂ < *sper- (to spread out). Compare Ancient Greek σπόρος (spóros, seed).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaːɾ/

Noun

farë f (indefinite plural fara, definite singular fara, definite plural farat)

  1. seed
  2. sperm, semen
  3. descendants, lineage, progeny, offspring

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References

  1. Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 223.
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