fah

See also: faħ

English

Etymology 1

An anglicised spelling of fa.

Noun

fah (plural fahs)

1. (music) Alternative form of fa.

Etymology 2

Interjection

fah

1. Alternative form of faugh
   • 1957, Henry W. Coray, Son of Tears, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 14:

     He leaned against the fence, pulled a pear from his tunic and bit into it. His face puckered. "No good?" Alypius said. Augustine spat out the pieces. "Fah!" he said.

Etymology 3

Adverb

fah

1. (New England) Pronunciation spelling of far.

Anagrams

• FHA, HFA, ha'f

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑːx/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz.

Adjective

fāh

1. guilty; criminal
2. hostile
3. outlawed

Declension

Declension of fāh — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fāh	fā	fāh
Accusative	fāne, fānne	fā	fāh
Genitive	fās	fāre, fārre	fās
Dative	fām, fāum	fāre, fārre	fām, fāum
Instrumental	fā	fāre, fārre	fā
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fā	fā	fā
Accusative	fā	fā	fā
Genitive	fāra, fārra	fāra, fārra	fāra, fārra
Dative	fām, fāum	fām, fāum	fām, fāum
Instrumental	fām, fāum	fām, fāum	fām, fāum

Declension of fāh — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fā	fā	fā
Accusative	fān	fān	fā
Genitive	fān	fān	fān
Dative	fān	fān	fān
Instrumental	fān	fān	fān
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fān	fān	fān
Accusative	fān	fān	fān
Genitive	fāra, fārra, fāna	fāra, fārra, fāna	fāra, fārra, fāna
Dative	fām, fāum	fām, fāum	fām, fāum
Instrumental	fām, fāum	fām, fāum	fām, fāum

Descendants

• Middle English: fo, foo; fa
  • English: foe (obsolete as an adjective)

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz, from Proto-Indo-European *póyḱos; cognate with Old High German fēh, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (faihs). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek ποικίλος (poikílos, “multicoloured”).

The inflected stem fāg- may be because this word ultimately reflects a Proto-Germanic variant *faigaz; alternatively, it may be due to analogy with other adjectives with an alternation between [x] and [ɣ], such as smēag, smēah (“creeping, subtle”).

Alternative forms

• fāg

Adjective

fāh

1. decorated, coloured, shining, adorned

Declension

Declension of fāh — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fāh	fāh	fāh
Accusative	fāgne	fāge	fāh
Genitive	fāges	fāgre	fāges
Dative	fāgum	fāgre	fāgum
Instrumental	fāge	fāgre	fāge
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fāge	fāga, fāge	fāh
Accusative	fāge	fāga, fāge	fāh
Genitive	fāgra	fāgra	fāgra
Dative	fāgum	fāgum	fāgum
Instrumental	fāgum	fāgum	fāgum

Declension of fāh — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fāga	fāge	fāge
Accusative	fāgan	fāgan	fāge
Genitive	fāgan	fāgan	fāgan
Dative	fāgan	fāgan	fāgan
Instrumental	fāgan	fāgan	fāgan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fāgan	fāgan	fāgan
Accusative	fāgan	fāgan	fāgan
Genitive	fāgra, fāgena	fāgra, fāgena	fāgra, fāgena
Dative	fāgum	fāgum	fāgum
Instrumental	fāgum	fāgum	fāgum

Derived terms

• swātfāh

Descendants

• Middle English: fou, fawe, fay, fogh, fow, fowe, vouh; fah, fau, foaȝe, foȝ, foh, vaȝe
  • Scots: faw

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką, whence also Old English fæc.

Noun

fah n

1. wall

Descendants

• Middle High German: vach
  • German: Fach
    • → Esperanto: fako
    • → Swedish: fack
    • → Danish: fag
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: fag
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: fag
      • → Icelandic: fag
  • Yiddish: פֿאַך‎ (fakh)