fæ
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse fé (“cattle, property”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu, cognate with Norwegian Bokmål fe, Swedish fä, English fee, Dutch vee, and German Vieh. The Germanic noun goes back to Proto-Indo-European *péḱu (“livestock”), cf. Latin pecū (“farm animals”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfæ n (singular definite fæet, plural indefinite fæ)
Declension
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Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “fæ” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “fæ” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Faroese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse fé (“cattle, sheep; property, money”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfæ n (genitive singular fíggjar, uncountable)
Declension
editn34 | Singular | Plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | fæ | - | - | - |
Accusative | fæ | - | - | - |
Dative | fæ/ fæi |
- | - | - |
Genitive | fíggjar | - | - | - |
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editIcelandic
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Pronunciation
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editfæ
Ligurian
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Old Norse
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