fæ

See also: fé, fä, fae, FAE, fa'e, and Appendix:Variations of "fa"‎

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse fé, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”). Compare Norwegian Bokmål fe, Swedish fä, Icelandic fé, West Frisian fee, English fee, Dutch vee, Low German Veeh, German Vieh.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɛː/, [fɛːˀ]

Noun

fæ n (singular definite fæet, plural indefinite fæ)

  1. fool, blockhead
  2. (dated) livestock

Inflection
Declension of fæ
neuter
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fæ fæet fæ fæene
genitive fæs fæets fæs fæenes

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fé (“cattle, sheep; property, money”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”). The meaning ‘sheep’ is preserved in the old Faroese name Færeyar, Danish Færøerne, Modern Faroese Føroyar (“sheep islands”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [fɛaː]

Noun

fæ n (genitive singular fíggjar, uncountable)

  1. cattle, livestock
  2. riches, richness, property, goods, money

Declension
n34 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fæ - - -
Accusative fæ - - -
Dative fæ/
fæi		 - - -
Genitive fíggjar - - -

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Derived terms
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