See also: faħ

English Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

An anglicised spelling of fa.

Noun Edit

fah (plural fahs)

  1. (music) Alternative form of fa.

Etymology 2 Edit

Interjection Edit

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 Edit

Adverb Edit

fah

  1. (New England) Pronunciation spelling of far.

Anagrams Edit

Old English Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

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

Adjective Edit

fāh

  1. guilty; criminal
  2. hostile
  3. outlawed
Declension Edit
Descendants Edit
  • Middle English: fo, foo; fa
    • English: foe (obsolete as an adjective)

Etymology 2 Edit

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 Edit

Adjective Edit

fāh

  1. decorated, coloured, shining, adorned
Declension Edit
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Old High German Edit

Etymology Edit

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

Noun Edit

fah n

  1. wall

Descendants Edit

  • Middle High German: vach