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fer

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fer"

English

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Preposition

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fer

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

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terms containing the word "fer", but etymologically unrelated

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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From Latin facere.

Verb

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fer

  1. to do

Conjugation

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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 		vusatros
vusatras 		ellos/els
ellas
present foi fas fa femos fez fan
imperfect feba, febe febas feba febanos febaz feban
preterite fice, facié fices, faciés fizo, fació ficemos, faciemos ficez, faciez fizon, facioron
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 		vusatros
vusatras 		ellos/els
ellas
present faga, faiga, faya fagas, faigas, fayas faga, faiga, faya fagamos, faigamos, fayamos fagaz, faigaz, fayaz fagan, faigan, fayan
imperfect fese feses fese fesenos fesez fesen
imperative — tú — — vusatros
vusatras 		—
— fe — — fez —

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin facere.

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Verb

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fer (first-person singular present faig, first-person singular preterite fiu, 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.
    Fer olor de roses. ― To smell of rose.
    Fer pudor de porcs. ― To stink of pig.
    (idiomatic) Fer bondat ― to behave, to comply with one's duty (an idiom, literally to make goodness)
    (idiomatic) Fer figa ― to fail to achieve an expected result (an idiom, literally to make fig)
  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.
    Fes-me un petó! ― Kiss me!
  6. to lay
    La canària ha fet un ou. ― The canary has laid an egg.
  7. to cause
  8. (auxiliary) to make (someone) (do something), that is auxiliary verb to form the causative together with an infinitive
    em van fer tornar a buscar el rebut ― they made me go back to get the receipt
    l'has feta plorar ― you made her cry
  9. to go
  10. (impersonal, of weather) to be
    Fa fred! ― It is cold!
    Fa calor! ― It is hot!
    Fa vent! ― It is windy!
  11. to play
  12. to measure
Conjugation
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    Conjugation of fer (second conjugation, irregular)
infinitive fer
gerund 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 feu férem féreu feren
conditional faria faries faria faríem faríeu 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
affirmative — fes faci fem feu facin
negative (no) — no facis no faci no fem no feu no facin

Balearic uses fais for the second person plural form in the present indicative instead of feu.

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Etymology 2

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

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Adjective

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

  1. wild (untamed, not domesticated)
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Faroese

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Verb

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fer

  1. third-person singular present of fara

French

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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fer m (plural fers)

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

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Descendants

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

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Hunsrik

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Etymology

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Compare Pennsylvania German fer, German für and English for.

Preposition

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fer

  1. for

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Icelandic

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Verb

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fer

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

Latin

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Verb

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fer

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

Manx

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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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].

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of fer
radical lenition eclipsis
fer er ver

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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From French faire.

Verb

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fer (medial form fer)

  1. To make
  2. To do

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Middle English

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Etymology

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

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Adjective

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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 […]

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Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French fer.

Noun

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fer m (plural fers)

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

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  • French: fer (see there for further descendants)

Middle Irish

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Etymology

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

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fer m (genitive fir, nominative plural fir)

  1. man
    • c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 2, line 13:
      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…”)

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Mutation

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Mutation of fer
radical lenition nasalization
fer ḟer fer
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Norman

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Norman Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nrf

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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From Old French fer, from Latin ferrum.

Noun

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fer m (uncountable)

  1. (Sark) iron

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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fer

  1. present of fara

Occitan

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Verb

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fer

  1. Alternative form of faire

Conjugation

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      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
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 English

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fēr m (Anglian, Kentish)

  1. Alternative form of fǣr (“danger”)

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Noun

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fer m (Kentish)

  1. Alternative form of fær (“way”)

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Verb

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fēr

  1. singular imperative of fēran

Old French

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Etymology 1

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From Latin ferrum.

Noun

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

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

Etymology 2

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

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fer m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fere)

  1. cruel; harsh
  2. fierce; ferocious
    • c. 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
Declension
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Case masculine feminine neuter
singular subject fers fere fer
oblique fer fere fer
plural subject fer feres fer
oblique fers feres fer
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Old High German

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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fer

  1. remote

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fer

  1. far

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

Old Irish

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Etymology 1

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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).

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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.
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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
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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fer

  1. second-person singular imperative of feraid

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·fer

  1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of feraid

Mutation

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Mutation of fer
radical lenition nasalization
fer ḟer fer
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Norse

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Verb

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fer

  1. first-person singular present active indicative of fara

Old Saxon

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Adverb

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fer

  1. far
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *ferro.

Adjective

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fer

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

References

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Köbler, Gerhard, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch (5th edition 2014)

Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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

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fer

  1. for

Piedmontese

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fer m

  1. iron

Romanian

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Noun

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fer n (plural feare)

  1. Alternative form of fier

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Declension of fer
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative fer ferul feare fearele
genitive-dative fer ferului feare fearelor
vocative ferule fearelor

Romansch

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fer (Puter)

  1. Alternative form of far (“to do; to make”)

Scots

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fer (comparative ferther, superlative ferthest)

  1. (Southern Scots) far

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English fair.

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fer (Cyrillic spelling фер)

  1. fair

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fer (Cyrillic spelling фер)

  1. fairly

Spanish

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Verb

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fer

  1. Obsolete spelling of hacer.

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of fer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive fer
gerund fiendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular fido fida
plural fidos fidas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present fo fes fe femos feis fen
imperfect fía fías fía fíamos fíais fían
preterite fi fiste fio fimos fisteis fieron
future feré ferás ferá feremos feréis ferán
conditional fería ferías fería feríamos feríais ferían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present fa fas fa famos fais fan
imperfect
(ra) 		fiera fieras fiera fiéramos fierais fieran
imperfect
(se) 		fiese fieses fiese fiésemos fieseis fiesen
future1 fiere fieres fiere fiéremos fiereis fieren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative fe fa famos fed fan
negative no fas no fa no famos no fais no fan

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.

    Selected combined forms of fer

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive fer dative ferme ferte ferle, ferse fernos feros ferles, ferse
accusative ferme ferte ferlo, ferla, ferse fernos feros ferlos, ferlas, ferse
with gerund fiendo dative fiéndome fiéndote fiéndole, fiéndose fiéndonos fiéndoos fiéndoles, fiéndose
accusative fiéndome fiéndote fiéndolo, fiéndola, fiéndose fiéndonos fiéndoos fiéndolos, fiéndolas, fiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú/vos imperative fe dative feme fete fele fenos not used feles
accusative feme fete felo, fela fenos not used felos, felas
with formal second-person singular imperative fa dative fame not used fale, fase fanos not used fales
accusative fame not used falo, fala, fase fanos not used falos, falas
with first-person plural imperative famos dative not used fámoste fámosle fámonos fámoos fámosles
accusative not used fámoste fámoslo, fámosla fámonos fámoos fámoslos, fámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative fed dative fedme not used fedle fednos feos fedles
accusative fedme not used fedlo, fedla fednos feos fedlos, fedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative fan dative fanme not used fanle fannos not used fanles, fanse
accusative fanme not used fanlo, fanla fannos not used fanlos, fanlas, fanse

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Welsh

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Adjective

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fer

  1. Soft mutation of ber (“short”).

Mutation

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Mutated forms of ber
radical soft nasal aspirate
ber fer mer unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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