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farn

See also: Farn

Old Dutch

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *farn. Compare Old English fearn and Old Saxon farn.

Noun

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farn n

  1. fern

Descendants

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  • Middle Dutch: varen

References

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  • “farn”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *farn, whence also Old English fearn.

Noun

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farn m

  1. fern

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Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *farn, whence also Old English fearn.

Noun

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farn m

  1. fern

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Plautdietsch

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Adjective

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farn

  1. smart, intelligent

Tarifit

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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farn (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴰⵔⵏ)

  1. (transitive) to sort
  2. (transitive) to select
  3. (transitive) to peel, to prune, to clean, to remove impurities (from plants)
  4. (transitive) to delouse

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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  • Verbal noun: afran (“sorting, selecting”)

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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farn

  1. Soft mutation of barn (“opinion”).

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
barn farn marn unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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