fä
Appearance
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse fé, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fä n
- creature, cattle
- A mindlessly behaving animal
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | fä | fäs |
definite | fät | fäts | |
plural | indefinite | fän | fäns |
definite | fäna | fänas |
See also
[edit]- fäbod
- fäfot
- fägata
- fähund
- fänad
- färist
- förfäa
- flygfä
- folk och fä (“one and all”, literally “man and beast”)
Further reading
[edit]- fä in Svensk ordbok.