Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese fanar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Perhaps from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *fann- or *wann-.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fanar (first-person singular present fano, first-person singular preterite fanei, past participle fanado)

  1. (transitive) to lop, lop off
  2. (transitive) to cripple; to amputate
  3. (transitive) to prune
    Synonym: podar

Conjugation

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “fanático”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Verb

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fanar (present tense fanas, past tense fanis, future tense fanos, imperative fanez, conditional fanus)

  1. to winnow
  2. to fan
  3. to husk

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Greek φανάρι (fanári).

Noun

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fanar n (plural fanare)

  1. a lamp

Declension

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Romansch

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *fenare, from Latin faenum (hay).

Verb

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fanar

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan) to make hay

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