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farn

See also: Farn

Old Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *farn. Compare Old English fearn and Old Saxon farn.

Noun edit

farn n

  1. fern

Descendants edit

  • Middle Dutch: varen

References edit

  • “farn”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *farn, whence also Old English fearn.

Noun edit

farn m

  1. fern

Descendants edit

Old Saxon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *farn, whence also Old English fearn.

Noun edit

farn m

  1. fern

Descendants edit

Plautdietsch edit

Adjective edit

farn

  1. smart, intelligent

Tarifit edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

farn (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴰⵔⵏ)

  1. (transitive) to sort
  2. (transitive) to select
  3. (transitive) to peel, to prune, to clean, to remove impurities (from plants)
  4. (transitive) to delouse

Conjugation edit

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Derived terms edit

  • Verbal noun: afran (“sorting, selecting”)

Welsh edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

farn

  1. Soft mutation of barn (“opinion”).

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
barn farn marn unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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