farsi
Catalan edit
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Noun edit
farsi m (uncountable)
- Farsi; Western Persian (an Indo-Aryan language of Iran)
- Synonym: persa occidental
Usage notes edit
- While farsi has been gaining some currency in Catalan, as it has with other European languages, for the Persian of Iran, the preferred scholarly term remains persa occidental.
Hypernyms edit
- persa (“Persian”)
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Persian فارسی (fârsi). See English Farsi for more.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
farsi
Usage notes edit
In Finnish today, farsi refers to the modern official language of Iran. Until about the 1970s, the language was called persia, but this word is now reserved for Old Persian.
Declension edit
Inflection of farsi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | farsi | farsit | ||
genitive | farsin | farsien | ||
partitive | farsia | farseja | ||
illative | farsiin | farseihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | farsi | farsit | ||
accusative | nom. | farsi | farsit | |
gen. | farsin | |||
genitive | farsin | farsien | ||
partitive | farsia | farseja | ||
inessive | farsissa | farseissa | ||
elative | farsista | farseista | ||
illative | farsiin | farseihin | ||
adessive | farsilla | farseilla | ||
ablative | farsilta | farseilta | ||
allative | farsille | farseille | ||
essive | farsina | farseina | ||
translative | farsiksi | farseiksi | ||
abessive | farsitta | farseitta | ||
instructive | — | farsein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “farsi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Icelandic edit
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Noun edit
farsi m (genitive singular farsa, nominative plural farsar)
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Italian edit
Etymology edit
From fare (“to do, make”) + -si (“oneself”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fàrsi (first-person singular present mi fàccio, first-person singular past historic mi féci, past participle fàtto, first-person singular imperfect mi facévo, second-person singular imperative fàtti)
- reflexive of fare
- to become
- farsi donna
- to become a woman
- to make oneself
- to elaborate on in one's mind
- farsi un'idea ― to get an idea
- to form (a relationship, friendship, etc.) with
- farsi una ragazza ― to get a girlfriend (literally, “form a relationship with a girlfriend”)
- to acquire or buy
- si è fatto un telefonino ― he bought a cell phone
- to eat or drink
- farsi una merendina ― to eat a snack
- to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.)
- to move oneself
- fatti più vicino ― move (yourself) closer
- (with a) to look out (the window, etc.)
- farsi alla finestra ― to look out the window
- to let
- ora ti faccio andartene ― now I will let you go off
- to compel or force
- mi ha fatto piangere
- he made me cry
- to become an expert
- ora è alle prime armi, ma si farà
- he's a novice now, but he'll become an expert
- to exchange (between or among each other)
- si hanno fatto regali
- they exchanged gifts (between each other)
- (impersonal) to become (of time)
- si è fatto tardi ― it got late
- to facilitate it's usage; to be easy (to use) (of a tool, etc.)
- questo libro si fa leggere ― this book is easy (to read)
- (slang) to do (take drugs)
- (slang, vulgar) to make, have (sexually)
Conjugation edit
infinitive | fàrsi | |||||
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auxiliary verb | èssere | gerund | facèndosi | |||
present participle | facènte | past participle | fàtto | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | mi fàccio | ti fài | si fà1 | ci facciàmo | vi fàte | si fànno |
imperfect | mi facévo | ti facévi | si facéva | ci facevàmo | vi facevàte | si facévano |
past historic | mi féci | ti facésti | si féce | ci facémmo | vi facéste | si fécero |
future | mi farò | ti farài | si farà | ci farémo | vi faréte | si farànno |
conditional | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | mi farèi | ti farésti | si farèbbe, si farébbe | ci farémmo | vi faréste | si farèbbero, si farébbero |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | mi fàccia | ti fàccia | si fàccia | ci facciàmo | vi facciàte | si fàcciano |
imperfect | mi facéssi | ti facéssi | si facésse | ci facéssimo | vi facéste | si facéssero |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
fàtti | si fàccia | facciàmoci | fàtevi | si fàcciano | ||
negative imperative | non fàrti, non ti fàre | non si fàccia | non facciàmoci, non ci facciàmo | non fàtevi, non vi fàte | non si fàcciano |
1With syntactic gemination after the verb.
Related terms edit
- farsela
- farsene
- farsi male
- farsi un mazzo
- farsi strada
- farsi largo
- farsi coraggio
- farsi i cazzi propri
- farsi la ragazza
Anagrams edit
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farsī
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
farsi m (definite singular farsien) (uncountable)
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References edit
- “farsi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
farsi m (definite singular farsien) (uncountable)
Synonyms edit
References edit
- “farsi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
farsi m (Cyrillic spelling фарси)
Spanish edit
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Noun edit
farsi m (uncountable)
Further reading edit
- “farsi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014