fár
Faroese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse fár, from Proto-Germanic *fērą.
Noun edit
fár n (genitive singular fárs, uncountable)
Declension edit
Declension of fár (singular only) | ||
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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)
Declension edit
Declension of fár | ||||
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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
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse fár, from Proto-Germanic *fawaz.
Adjective edit
fár (comparative færri, superlative fæstur)
- (usually in the plural, except when used with collective nouns and mass nouns) few
- 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)
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)
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
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)
Declension edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 3 edit
From Proto-Germanic *fahaz.
Noun edit
fár n (genitive fárs)
- Alternative form of fær.
Etymology 4 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
fár