See also: far, Far, får, fær, and far-

Faroese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse fár, from Proto-Germanic *fērą.

Noun edit

fár n (genitive singular fárs, uncountable)

  1. (poetic) accident, anger, calamity
Declension edit
Declension of fár (singular only)
n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative fár fárið
accusative fár fárið
dative fári fárinum
genitive fárs fársins

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse fær, from Proto-Germanic *fahaz.

Noun edit

fár n (genitive singular fárs, plural fár)

  1. sheep
Declension edit
Declension of fár
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fár fárið fár fárini
accusative fár fárið fár fárini
dative fári fárinum fárum fárunum
genitive fárs fársins fára fáranna

Anagrams edit

Icelandic edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fauːr/
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  • Rhymes: -auːr

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse fár, from Proto-Germanic *fawaz.

Adjective edit

fár (comparative færri, superlative fæstur)

  1. (usually in the plural, except when used with collective nouns and mass nouns) few
  2. in low spirits, unenthusiastic, impassive
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse fár, from Proto-Germanic *fērą.

Noun edit

fár n (genitive singular fárs, no plural)

  1. accident, anger, calamity
Declension edit

Anagrams edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Germanic *fawaz, whence also Old English fēaw (English few), Old Frisian fe, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃 (faus).

Adjective edit

fár (comparative færri, superlative fæstr)

  1. few
Declension edit

Contracted forms may later be uncontracted by analogy, especially in later texts, resulting in forms such as fáan instead of fán (masculine accusative singular).

Descendants edit
  • Icelandic: fár
  • Faroese: fáur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: , fåe
  • Norwegian Bokmål:
  • Danish:
  • Swedish:

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Germanic *fērą, whence also Old English fǣr, Old Saxon vār, Old High German fāra.

Noun edit

fár n (genitive fárs)

  1. bale, harm, mischief, anger
  2. dangerous illness
Declension edit
Descendants edit

Etymology 3 edit

From Proto-Germanic *fahaz.

Noun edit

fár n (genitive fárs)

  1. Alternative form of fær.

Etymology 4 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

fár

  1. second/third-person present indicative active of