See also: Appendix:Variations of "fa"‎

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔɑː/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɑː

Etymology 1

Adjective

  1. strong feminine nominative singular of fáur
  2. strong neuter nominative and accusative plural of fáur

Etymology 2

From Old Norse , from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.

Verb

(third person singular past indicative fekk, third person plural past indicative fingu, supine fingið)

  1. (archaic, poetic) to get

Synonyms


Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfaː]
  • (file)

Noun

solmisation

(plural fák)

  1. fa, a syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth note of a major scale

See also

Further reading


Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse , from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. Doublet of fanga (to capture, to seize).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fauː/
  • Rhymes: -auː

Verb

(strong verb, third-person singular past indicative fékk, third-person plural past indicative fengu, supine fengið)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to receive, to get
  2. (ditransitive, with dative and accusative objects) to give (somebody something)

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (to receive): eignast
  • (to give): gefa, láta af hendi

Derived terms


Irish

Pronunciation

Preposition

(plus dative, triggers lenition)

  1. Ulster form of faoi (about, concerning)

Usage notes

The standard Irish and Connacht form faoi (Munster ) means both ‘under’ and ‘about, concerning’. In Ulster, these two meanings are split: faoi means ‘under’, while means ‘about, concerning’.

Derived terms

  • fád (contraction with do (your sg))
  • fám (contraction with mo (my))
  • fán corresponding to standard faoin
  • fána corresponding to standard faoina
  • fánar corresponding to standard faoinar
  • fánár corresponding to standard faoinár
  • fánarb corresponding to standard faoinarb
  • fánarbh corresponding to standard faoinarbh

Mandarin

Romanization

(Zhuyin ㄈㄚˊ)

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.

Verb

(singular past indicative fekk, plural past indicative fengu, past participle fenginn)

  1. to get
Conjugation
Descendants

References

  • in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Etymology 2

Verb

  1. to draw, paint
Conjugation

References

  • in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin fa[muli] in the hymn for St. John the Baptist.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfa/
  • Hyphenation: fa
  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

m (plural fás)

  1. fa (musical note)

Coordinate terms


Scanian

Etymology

From Old Norse , from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fáʊː], [fóː], [fɛ́ɑː]

Verb

(preterite singular fikk or fe, preterite plural finge, supine fáeð)

  1. to get
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