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fjara

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fjara.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fjara f (genitive singular fjaru, uncountable)

  1. ebb
  2. beach

Declension

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f1s singular
indefinite definite
nominative fjara fjaran
accusative fjaru fjaruna
dative fjaru fjaruni
genitive fjaru fjarunnar

Synonyms

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Verb

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fjara (third person singular past indicative fjaraði, third person plural past indicative fjarað, supine fjarað)

  1. to ebb away

Conjugation

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Conjugation of fjara (group v-30)
infinitive fjara
supine fjarað
participle (a6)1 fjarandi fjaraður
present past
first singular fjari fjaraði
second singular fjarar fjaraði
third singular fjarar fjaraði
plural fjara fjaraðu
imperative
singular fjara!
plural fjarið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *ferwǭ.

Noun

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fjara f (genitive singular fjöru, nominative plural fjörur)

  1. low tide
  2. beach, shore
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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fjara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fjaraði, supine fjarað)

  1. to ebb
Conjugation
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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *ferwǭ.

Noun

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fjara f (genitive fjǫru)

  1. ebb
  2. fore shore, beach

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  • fjara”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press