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fár

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See also: far, Far, FAR, far-, -far, får, and fær

Faroese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse fár, from Proto-Germanic *fērą.

Noun

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fár n (genitive singular fárs, uncountable)

  1. (poetic) accident, anger, calamity
Declension
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n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative fár fárið
accusative fár fárið
dative fári fárinum
genitive fárs fársins

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse fær, from Proto-Germanic *fahaz.

Noun

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fár n (genitive singular fárs, plural fár)

  1. sheep
Declension
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n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fár fárið fár fárini
accusative fár fárið fár fárini
dative fári fárinum fárum fárunum
genitive fárs fársins fára fáranna

Anagrams

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fauːr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -auːr

Etymology 1

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From Old Norse fár, from Proto-Germanic *fawaz.

Adjective

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fár (comparative færri, superlative fæstur)

  1. (usually in the plural, except when used with collective nouns and mass nouns) few
  2. in low spirits, unenthusiastic, impassive
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse fár, from Proto-Germanic *fērą.

Noun

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fár n (genitive singular fárs, no plural)

  1. accident, anger, calamity
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Anagrams

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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *fawaz, whence also Old English fēaw (English few), Old Frisian fe, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃 (faus).

Adjective

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fár (comparative færri, superlative fæstr)

  1. few
Declension
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Contracted forms may later be uncontracted by analogy, especially in later texts, resulting in forms such as fáan instead of fán (masculine accusative singular).

Descendants
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  • Icelandic: fár
  • Faroese: fáur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: , fåe
  • Norwegian Bokmål:
  • Danish:
  • Swedish:

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Norse *ᚠᚨᚱᚨ (*fara /⁠fāra⁠/) (attested in compound), from Proto-Germanic *fērą, whence also Old English fǣr, Old Saxon vār, Old High German fāra.

Noun

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fár n (genitive fárs)

  1. bale, harm, mischief, anger
  2. dangerous illness
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Etymology 3

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From Proto-Germanic *fahaz.

Noun

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fár n (genitive fárs)

  1. Alternative form of fær.

Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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fár

  1. second/third-person present indicative active of