fá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fa"‎

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɔa]
  • Rhymes: -ɔaː

Adjective

fá

  1. strong feminine nominative singular of fáur
  2. strong neuter nominative and accusative plural of fáur

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfaː]
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Noun

solmisation

fá (plural fák)

  1. fa, a syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth note of a major scale

See also

Further reading

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fá, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fauː/
  • Rhymes: -auː

Verb

fá (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative fékk, third-person plural past indicative fengu, supine fengið)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to receive, get
  2. (ditransitive, with dative and accusative objects) to give (someone something)

Conjugation

' — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að
supine
(sagnbót)
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 fándist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég við present
(nútíð)		 ég við
þú þið þú þið
hann, hún, það þeir, þær, þau hann, hún, það þeir, þær, þau
past
(þátíð)		 ég við past
(þátíð)		 ég við
þú þið þú þið
hann, hún, það þeir, þær, þau hann, hún, það þeir, þær, þau
imperative
(boðháttur)		 (þú) (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
u i *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Synonyms

  • (to receive): eignast
  • (to give): gefa, láta af hendi

Derived terms

Irish

Pronunciation

Preposition

fá (plus dative, triggers lenition)

  1. Ulster form of faoi (“about, concerning”)

Usage notes

The standard Irish and Connacht form faoi (Munster fé) means both ‘under’ and ‘about, concerning’. In Ulster, these two meanings are split: faoi means ‘under’, while fá means ‘about, concerning’.

Derived terms

  • fád (contraction with do (“your sg”))
  • fám (contraction with mo (“my”))
  • fán corresponding to standard faoin
  • fána corresponding to standard faoina
  • fánar corresponding to standard faoinar
  • fánár corresponding to standard faoinár
  • fánarb corresponding to standard faoinarb
  • fánarbh corresponding to standard faoinarbh

Mandarin

Romanization

fá (Zhuyin ㄈㄚˊ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 乏
  2. Pinyin transcription of 伐
  3. Pinyin transcription of 垡
  4. Pinyin transcription of 姂
  5. Pinyin transcription of 拨
  6. Pinyin transcription of 撤
  7. Pinyin transcription of 栰
  8. Pinyin transcription of 泚
  9. Pinyin transcription of 疺
  10. Pinyin transcription of 瞁
  11. Pinyin transcription of 砝
  12. Pinyin transcription of 筏
  13. Pinyin transcription of 罚
  14. Pinyin transcription of 罰
  15. Pinyin transcription of 罸
  16. Pinyin transcription of 茷
  17. Pinyin transcription of 藅
  18. Pinyin transcription of 閥
  19. Pinyin transcription of 阀

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.

Verb

fá (singular past indicative fekk, plural past indicative fengu, past participle fenginn)

  1. to get
Conjugation
Conjugation of fá — mediopassive (strong class 7)
infinitive fásk
present participle fáandisk
past participle fengizk, fingizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular fámk fengumk, fingumk
2nd-person singular fæsk fekkzk
3rd-person singular fæsk fekksk
1st-person plural fámsk fengumsk, fingumsk
2nd-person plural fáizk fenguzk, finguzk
3rd-person plural fásk fengusk, fingusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular fámk fengumk, fingumk
2nd-person singular fáisk fengisk, fingisk
3rd-person singular fáisk fengisk, fingisk
1st-person plural fáimsk fengimsk, fingimsk
2nd-person plural fáizk fengizk, fingizk
3rd-person plural fáisk fengisk, fingisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular fásk
1st-person plural fámsk
2nd-person plural fáizk
Descendants
  • Icelandic: fá
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: få
  • Scanian: fá

References

  • fá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Etymology 2

Verb

fá

  1. to draw, paint
Conjugation
Conjugation of fá — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive fásk
present participle fándisk
past participle fázk
indicative present past
1st-person singular fámk fáðumk
2nd-person singular fásk fáðisk
3rd-person singular fásk fáðisk
1st-person plural fámsk fáðumsk
2nd-person plural fáizk fáðuzk
3rd-person plural fásk fáðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular fámk fáðumk
2nd-person singular fáisk fáðisk
3rd-person singular fáisk fáðisk
1st-person plural fáimsk fáðimsk
2nd-person plural fáizk fáðizk
3rd-person plural fáisk fáðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular fásk
1st-person plural fámsk
2nd-person plural fáizk

References

  • fá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin fa[muli] in the hymn for St. John the Baptist.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfa/
  • Hyphenation: fa
  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

fá m (plural fás)

  1. fa (musical note)

Coordinate terms

Scanian

Etymology

From Old Norse fá, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fáʊː], [fóː], [fɛ́ɑː]

Verb

fá (preterite singular fikk or fe, preterite plural finge, supine fáeð)

  1. to get
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