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fer

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fer"

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (unstressed) IPA(key): /fə(ɹ)/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ə(ɹ)

PrepositionEdit

fer

  1. (dialectal, especially Britain) Pronunciation spelling of for.

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

terms containing the word "fer", but etymologically unrelated

ReferencesEdit

AnagramsEdit

AragoneseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin facere.

VerbEdit

fer

  1. to do

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of fer (second conjugation, irregular)
infinitive fer
gerund fendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular feito feita
plural feitos feitas
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative yo tú él nusatros
nusatras 		busatros
busatras 		ellos/els
ellas
present foi fas fa femos fez fan
imperfect feba, febe febas feba febanos febaz feban
preterite fazié faziés fazió faziemos faziez fazioron, fazión
future faré, feré farás, ferás fará, ferá faremos, feremos faré, ferez farán, ferán
conditional faría, fería farías, ferías faría, fería faríanos, feríanos faríaz, feríaz farían, ferían
subjunctive yo tú él nusatros
nusatras 		busatros
busatras 		ellos/els
ellas
present faiga, faya faigas, fayas faiga, faya faigamos, fayamos faigaz, fayaz faigan, fayan
imperfect fese feses fese fesenos fesez fesen
imperative — tú — — busatros
busatras 		—
— fé — — fez —

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Catalan far~fair, from Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō, from Proto-Italic *fakiō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).

VerbEdit

fer (first-person singular present faig, past participle fet)

  1. to make, produce
    Fer vinagre. ― To make vinegar.
    Aquesta terra fa molt bon blat. ― This land produces very good wheat.
    Quatre i quatre fan vuit. ― Four and four make eight.
    Fer d'un enemic un aliat. ― To turn an enemy into an ally.
  2. to make up
    Els jubilats fan un quart de la població. ― Retired people make up a quarter of the population.
  3. to do, to cause to be done
  4. to make do
  5. to give
    El primer marit li va fer dos fills. ― Her first husband gave her two sons.
    Feu-me mig quilo de formatge. ― Give me half a kilo of cheese.
  6. to lay
    La canària ha fet un ou. ― The canary has laid an egg.
  7. to cause
  8. to go
  9. (impersonal, of weather) to be
    Fa fred! ― It is cold!
  10. to play
  11. to measure
ConjugationEdit
    Conjugation of fer (second conjugation, irregular)
infinitive fer
present participle fent
past participle masculine feminine
singular fet feta
plural fets fetes
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present faig fas fa fem feu fan
imperfect feia feies feia fèiem fèieu feien
future faré faràs farà farem fareu faran
preterite fiu feres féu férem féreu feren
conditional faria faries faria fariem farieu farien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present faci facis faci fem feu facin
imperfect fes fessis fes féssim féssiu fessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
— fes faci fem feu facin
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin ferus (compare Occitan fèr, French fier, Spanish fiero), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-.

AdjectiveEdit

fer (feminine fera, masculine plural fers, feminine plural feres)

  1. wild (untamed, not domesticated)
Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

FaroeseEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

fer

  1. third-person singular present of fara

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French fer, from Old French fer, from Latin ferrum.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fer m (plural fers)

  1. iron
  2. shoe (for horse); steel tip
  3. (golf) iron
  4. iron (appliance)
  5. (in the plural, archaic) irons, fetters

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Antillean Creole: fè
  • Haitian Creole: fè
  • Karipúna Creole French: fé
  • Louisiana Creole: fèr, fè

Further readingEdit

HunsrikEdit

EtymologyEdit

Compare Pennsylvania German fer, German für and English for.

PrepositionEdit

fer

  1. for

Further readingEdit

IcelandicEdit

VerbEdit

fer

  1. inflection of fara:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. third-person singular present indicative

LatinEdit

VerbEdit

fer

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of for
  2. second-person singular present active imperative of ferō

ManxEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish fer, from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fer m (plural fir)

  1. man
    Cha nel mee lowal rish y fer aeg shen. ― I do not approve of that young man.
  2. one (modified by an adjective or demonstrative, referring to an object or animal)
    Ta fer jiarg aym. ― I have a red one [e.g. chair].
    Ta mee fakin kiare fir ghlassey. ― I see four green ones [e.g. birds].
    By vie lhiam yn fer shen. ― I would like that one [e.g. toy].
  3. used as a dummy noun to support a number, referring to a person, object or animal
    Ta fer ennagh ayns shoh laccal dy akin oo. ― There's a fellow here who wants to see you.
    Ta fer aym. ― I have one [e.g. chair].
    Ta mee fakin kiare fir. ― I see four [e.g. birds].

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

MutationEdit

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fer er ver
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ReferencesEdit

Mauritian CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French faire.

VerbEdit

fer (medial form fer)

  1. To make
  2. To do

Derived termsEdit

Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old English feorr, from Proto-Germanic *ferrai.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

fer

  1. far, distant
    • a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “General Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, line 493:
      Wide was hys pariſſhe, & houſes ferre a ſondre […]
      Wide was his parish, and houses far asunder […]

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French fer.

NounEdit

fer m (plural fers)

  1. iron (metal)
  2. (by extension) (iron) sword

DescendantsEdit

  • French: fer (see there for further descendants)

Middle IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish fer, from Primitive Irish *ᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄ (*viras), from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fer m (genitive fir, nominative plural fir)

  1. man
    • c. 1000, Anonymous; published in (1935), Rudolf Thurneysen, editor, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Staionery Office, § 1, l. 13, page 2: “In fer no·t⟨h⟩ēged iarsint ṡligi do·bered in n-aēl isin coiri, ocus a·taibred din chētgabāil, iss ed no·ithed. [Each man who came along the way would put the flesh-fork into the cauldron, and whatever he got at the first taking, it was that which he ate. (literally, “The man who…”)]”

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

MutationEdit

Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fer ḟer fer
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further readingEdit

NormanEdit

 
Norman Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nrf

Alternative formsEdit

  • faer (Guernsey)
  • fé (France, Jersey)

EtymologyEdit

From Old French fer, from Latin ferrum.

NounEdit

fer m (uncountable)

  1. (Sark) iron

Norwegian NynorskEdit

VerbEdit

fer

  1. present tense of fara

OccitanEdit

VerbEdit

fer

  1. Alternative form of faire

ConjugationEdit

      Lengadocian (Central Occitan)
simple compound
infinitive fer aver fach
gerund fasent use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle fach —
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ieu tu el nosautres vosautres eles
present fau fas fa fasèm fasètz fan
imperfect fasiái fasiás fasiá fasiam fasiatz fasián
preterite farai faràs farà farem faretz faràn
future faguèri faguères faguèt faguèrem faguèretz faguèron
conditional fariái fariás fariá fariam fariatz farián
conditional 2nd form1 [[{{{49}}}#Occitan|{{{49}}}]] [[{{{50}}}#Occitan|{{{50}}}]] [[{{{51}}}#Occitan|{{{51}}}]] [[{{{52}}}#Occitan|{{{52}}}]] [[{{{53}}}#Occitan|{{{53}}}]] [[{{{54}}}#Occitan|{{{54}}}]]
compound
tenses 		present perfect use the present tense of aver + past participle
pluperfect use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
past anterior use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
future perfect use the future tense of aver + past participle
conditional perfect use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive que ieu que tu que el que nosautres que vosautres que eles
present faga fagas faga fagam fagatz fagan
imperfect faguèsse faguèsses faguèsse faguèssem faguèssetz faguèsson
compound
tenses 		past use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
pluperfect use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative — tu — nosautres vosautres —
fai fagam fasètz 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Old FrenchEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin ferrum.

NounEdit

fer m (oblique plural fers, nominative singular fers, nominative plural fer)

  1. iron (metal)
  2. (by extension) sword (made of iron)
DescendantsEdit
  • Middle French: fer
    • French: fer (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: fé (France, Jersey), faer (Guernsey), fer (Sark)
  • Walloon: fier

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin ferum, accusative of ferus (“wild”).

AdjectiveEdit

fer m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fere)

  1. cruel; harsh
  2. fierce; ferocious
    • circa 1120, Philippe de Taon, Bestiaire:
      Quatre pez ad la beste, e mult est de fer estre
      Four feet has the beast, and it is of a very ferocious nature
DeclensionEdit
Declension of fer
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject fers fere fer
Oblique fer fere fer
Plural Subject fer feres fer
Oblique fers feres fer
DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Old High GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From West Proto-Germanic *ferrai., whence also Old English feorr.

AdjectiveEdit

fer

  1. remote

AdverbEdit

fer

  1. far

ReferencesEdit

  1. Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen

Old IrishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Primitive Irish *ᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄ (*viras), from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognates include Latin vir, Sanskrit वीर (vīrá) and Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂 (wair).

NounEdit

fer m (genitive fir, nominative plural fir)

  1. man
  2. husband
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 22c10
      Is bés trá dosom aní-siu cosc inna mban i tossug et a tabairt fo chumacte a feir, armbat irlamu de ind ḟir fo chumacte Dǽi, co·mbí íarum coscitir ind ḟir et do·airbertar fo réir Dǽ.
      This, then, is a custom of his, to correct the wives at first and to bring them under the power of their husbands, so that the husbands may be the readier under God’s power, so that afterwards the husbands are corrected and bowed down in subjection to God.
DeclensionEdit
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fer ferL firL
Vocative fir ferL firuH
Accusative ferN ferL firuH
Genitive firL fer ferN
Dative fiurL feraib feraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit

Further readingEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

fer

  1. second-person singular imperative of feraid

·fer

  1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of feraid

MutationEdit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fer ḟer fer
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old NorseEdit

VerbEdit

fer

  1. first-person singular present active indicative of fara

Old SaxonEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Germanic *ferro, an old comparative form.

AdverbEdit

fer

  1. far
DescendantsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Germanic *ferro.

AdjectiveEdit

fer

  1. far
DeclensionEdit
Declension of fer
Strong declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative fer ferre fer ferru fer ferre
accusative ferrana ferre fer ferru ferra ferre
genitive ferres ferrarō ferres ferrarō ferraro ferrarō
dative ferrumu ferrum ferrumu ferrum ferraro ferrum
Weak declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative ferro ferru ferra ferru ferra ferru
accusative ferrun ferrun ferra ferrun ferrun ferrun
genitive ferrun ferronō ferrun ferronō ferrun ferronō
dative ferrun ferrum ferrun ferrum ferrun ferrum


Pennsylvania GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Compare German für, Dutch voor, English for, Hunsrik fer.

PrepositionEdit

fer

  1. for

PiedmonteseEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fer m

  1. iron

RomanianEdit

NounEdit

fer n (plural feare)

  1. Alternative form of fier

DeclensionEdit

Declension of fer
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) fer ferul (niște) feare fearele
genitive/dative (unui) fer ferului (unor) feare fearelor
vocative ferule fearelor

RomanschEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • far (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader)

EtymologyEdit

From Latin faciō, facere.

VerbEdit

fer

  1. (Puter) to do, make

ScotsEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

fer (comparative ferther, superlative ferthest)

  1. (South Scots) far

Derived termsEdit

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English fair.

AdjectiveEdit

fer (Cyrillic spelling фер)

  1. fair

AdverbEdit

fer (Cyrillic spelling фер)

  1. fairly

WelshEdit

AdjectiveEdit

fer

  1. Soft mutation of ber (“short”).

MutationEdit

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