pharus

See also: Pharus

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Pharus (“Pharos, an island off Alexandria where the famous lighthouse was located”), from Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰa.rus/, [ˈpʰärʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.rus/, [ˈfäːrus]

Noun edit

pharus m (genitive pharī); second declension

lighthouse

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pharus	pharī
Genitive	pharī	pharōrum
Dative	pharō	pharīs
Accusative	pharum	pharōs
Ablative	pharō	pharīs
Vocative	phare	pharī

Descendants edit

Italian: faro
Old French:
- French: phare
  - → Bulgarian: фар (far)
  - → English: phare
  - → Khmer: ហ្វារ (faa)
  - → Luxembourgish: Phar
  - → Macedonian: фар (far)
  - → Moore: faare
  - → Romanian: far
  - → Russian: фара (fara)
    - → Crimean Tatar: fara
  - → Turkish: far
  - → Vietnamese: pha
Old Leonese:
- Asturian: faru
Old Occitan:
- Catalan: far
Old Galician-Portuguese:
- Galician: faro
- Portuguese: faro, farol
Old Spanish:
- Spanish: faro, farol
  - → Bikol Central: parol
  - → Cebuano: parol
  - → English: farol
  - → Tagalog: parol
    - → English: parol
→ Albanian: far

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