feja

See also: fèja, fėja, fėją, and fejā

Latvian

Noun

feja f (4th declension)

1. fairy

Declension

Declension of feja (4th declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	feja	fejas
genitive	fejas	feju
dative	fejai	fejām
accusative	feju	fejas
instrumental	feju	fejām
locative	fejā	fejās
vocative	feja	fejas

Swedish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Low German clean and Borrowed from German fegen (“sweep, polish”). First attested in 1639.

Verb

feja (present fejar, preterite fejade, supine fejat, imperative feja)

1. to sweep, scrub, etc., and make nice and clean (a house or room or the like)
2. to polish (a metal object)
3. (of a stag) to burnish (remove velvet from antlers)

Conjugation

Conjugation of feja (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	feja		fejas
supine	fejat		fejats
imperative	feja		—
imper. plural1	fejen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	fejar	fejade	fejas	fejades
ind. plural1	feja	fejade	fejas	fejades
subjunctive2	feje	fejade	fejes	fejades
present participle		fejande
past participle		fejad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• skorstensfejare

Etymology 2

Likely borrowed from English face.

Noun

feja c

1. (slang) a face

   han fick snöbollen i fejan ― he got the snowball in his face

2. (slang, in the definite "fejan") Facebook

   det finns en bild av det på fejan ― there's a picture of it on Facebook

Declension

Declension of feja

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	feja	fejas
	definite	fejan	fejans
plural	indefinite	fejor	fejors
	definite	fejorna	fejornas

Alternative forms

• fejja

References

• feja in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• feja in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Slangopedia