fæ

See also: fé, fä, fae, FAE, fa'e, and Appendix:Variations of "fa"‎

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse fé, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”). Compare Norwegian Bokmål fe, Swedish fä, Icelandic fé, West Frisian fee, English fee, Dutch vee, Low German Veeh, German Vieh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛː/, [fɛːˀ]

Noun

fæ n (singular definite fæet, plural indefinite fæ)

  1. fool, blockhead
  2. (dated) livestock

Inflection

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fé (“cattle, sheep; property, money”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”). The meaning ‘sheep’ is preserved in the Faroese old name Færeyar, Danish Færøerne, Modern Faroese Føroyar (“sheep islands”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fɛaː]

Noun

fæ n (genitive singular fíggjar, uncountable)

  1. cattle, livestock
  2. riches, richness, property, goods, money

Declension

n34 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fæ - - -
Accusative fæ - - -
Dative fæ/
fæi		 - - -
Genitive fíggjar - - -

Synonyms

Derived terms

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