fa
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin famuli, from the first word of the fourth line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn which solfège was based on because its lines started on each note of the scale successively.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɑ/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
Noun
fa (plural fas)
- (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth note of a major scale.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, London: A[ndrew] Millar, OCLC 928184292:
- And now Mrs Waters (for we must confess she was in the same bed), being, I suppose, awakened from her sleep, and seeing two men fighting in her bedchamber, began to scream in the most violent manner, crying out murder! robbery! and more frequently rape! which last, some, perhaps, may wonder she should mention, who do not consider that these words of exclamation are used by ladies in a fright, as fa, la, la, ra, da, &c., are in music, only as the vehicles of sound, and without any fixed ideas.
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Translations
See also
Anagrams
Bassa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fa]
Verb
fa
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
fa m (plural fas)
Etymology 2
From the Catalan verb fer (“to do”).
Verb
fa
- third-person singular present indicative form of fer
Preposition
fa
- ago
- fa molts anys...
- many years ago...
Interjection
fa
- (dialectal) A particle used in some dialects to emphasize a negative sentence.
- Fa que no es veu!
- it’s obvious!
- (literally, “it does that it's not seen!”)
Czech
Abbreviation
fa
- Abbreviation of firma.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Noun
fa m (plural fa)
Further reading
- “fa” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Noun
fa m (plural fas)
See also
Gothic
Romanization
fa
- Romanization of 𐍆𐌰
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *puxe. Cognates include Finnish puu.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfɒ]
Audio (file)
Noun
fa (plural fák)
- tree (large woody plant)
- wood (substance beneath the bark of the trunk or branches of a tree)
- (graph theory) tree (connected graph with no cycles)
- (computing theory) tree (recursive data structure)
- (attributive) wooden (made of wood)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | fa | fák |
| accusative | fát | fákat |
| dative | fának | fáknak |
| instrumental | fával | fákkal |
| causal-final | fáért | fákért |
| translative | fává | fákká |
| terminative | fáig | fákig |
| essive-formal | faként | fákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | fában | fákban |
| superessive | fán | fákon |
| adessive | fánál | fáknál |
| illative | fába | fákba |
| sublative | fára | fákra |
| allative | fához | fákhoz |
| elative | fából | fákból |
| delative | fáról | fákról |
| ablative | fától | fáktól |
| Possessive forms of fa | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | fám | fáim |
| 2nd person sing. | fád | fáid |
| 3rd person sing. | fája | fái |
| 1st person plural | fánk | fáink |
| 2nd person plural | fátok | fáitok |
| 3rd person plural | fájuk | fáik |
Derived terms
(Expressions):
References
- ↑ Entry #829 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
- ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
Italian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfa]
- Hyphenation: fà
- Rhymes: -a
Adverb
fa
Synonyms
Noun
fa m (invariable)
Verb
fa
Japanese
Romanization
fa
Latvian
Noun
fa m (invariable)
Mandarin
Romanization
fa (Zhuyin ˙ㄈㄚ)
fa
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish fáth, from Proto-Celtic *wātus (“inspired utterance”) (compare Welsh gwawd (“song, praise, poetry”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-.
Noun
fa m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
Synonyms
Derived terms
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fa | a | va |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Middle English
Etymology 1
From the oblique stem of Old English ġefāh.
Noun
fa (plural fas)
- Alternative form of fo
Etymology 2
From Old English fā, variant of fāh.
Adjective
fa
- Alternative form of fo
Niuean
| < 3 | 4 | 5 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : fa | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *fa, from Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.
Numeral
fa
Norman
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Noun
fa m (plural fas)
Synonyms
Novial
Verb
fa (past fad, active participle fant, passive participle fat)
- make; do
- 1928, Otto Jespersen, An International Language, page 77
- On fa butre fro milke.
- One makes butter from milk.
- On fa butre fro milke.
- 1928, Otto Jespersen, An International Language, page 77
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse fá, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.
Verb
fā
Conjugation
| present | past | ||||
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| infinitive | fā | — | |||
| participle | fāndi, -e | fangin (sup. fāt) | |||
| active voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| iæk | fār, fǣr | fā-, -i, -e | — | fik, fæk | fingi, finge |
| þū | fār, fǣr | fā-, -i, -e | fā | fikt | fingi, finge |
| han | fār, fǣr | fā-, -i, -e | — | fik, fæk | fingi, finge |
| vīr | fām, -um, -om | fām, -um, -om | fām, -um, -om | fingum, fingom | fingum, fingom |
| īr | fān, -in | fān, -in | fān, -in | fingin | fingin |
| þēr | fā | fān, -in | — | fingu, -o | fingin |
| mediopassive voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| iæk | — | — | — | — | — |
| þū | — | — | — | — | — |
| han | — | — | — | — | — |
| vīr | — | — | — | — | — |
| īr | — | — | — | — | — |
| þēr | — | — | — | — | — |
Descendants
- Swedish: få
Phuthi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *-fá, from Proto-Bantu *-kúa.
Verb
-fá
- to die
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Scots
Etymology
Variant of wha.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa/
Pronoun
fa
South Marquesan
| < 3 | 4 | 5 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : fa | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *fa, from Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.
Numeral
fa
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa/
Noun
fa m (plural fa)
- fa (musical note)
Interjection
fa
Synonyms
Swahili
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.
Verb
-fa (infinitive kufa)
- to die
- to stop, come to an end
Conjugation
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Derived terms
- Verbal derivations:
Related terms
See also
- -ua (“kill”)
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *-fá, from Proto-Bantu *-kúa.
Verb
-fá
- (intransitive) to die
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Tuvaluan
| < 3 | 4 | 5 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : fa | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *fa, from Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.
Numeral
fa
Venetian
Noun
fa m (invariable)
Adverb
fa
Volapük
Preposition
fa
- by (indicating an agent)
Wuvulu-Aua
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.
Numeral
fa
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *-fá, from Proto-Bantu *-kúa.
Verb
-fá
- (intransitive) to die
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *-fá, from Proto-Bantu *-kúa.
Verb
-fá
- (intransitive) to die
Inflection
| Tone H | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | ukufa | ||||||||
| Positive | Negative | ||||||||
| Infinitive | ukufa | ukungafi | |||||||
| Imperative | |||||||||
| Simple | + object concord | ||||||||
| Singular | yifa | yife | |||||||
| Plural | yifani | yifeni | |||||||
| Present | |||||||||
| Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial | ||||
| 1st singular | ngiyafa, ngifa | engifayo, engifa | ngifa | angifi | engingafi | ngingafi | |||
| 2nd singular | uyafa, ufa | ofayo, ofa | ufa | awufi | ongafi | ungafi | |||
| 1st plural | siyafa, sifa | esifayo, esifa | sifa | asifi | esingafi | singafi | |||
| 2nd plural | niyafa, nifa | enifayo, enifa | nifa | anifi | eningafi | ningafi | |||
| Class 1 | uyafa, ufa | ofayo, ofa | efa | akafi | ongafi | engafi | |||
| Class 2 | bayafa, bafa | abafayo, abafa | befa | abafi | abangafi | bengafi | |||
| Class 3 | uyafa, ufa | ofayo, ofa | ufa | awufi | ongafi | ungafi | |||
| Class 4 | iyafa, ifa | efayo, efa | ifa | ayifi | engafi | ingafi | |||
| Class 5 | liyafa, lifa | elifayo, elifa | lifa | alifi | elingafi | lingafi | |||
| Class 6 | ayafa, afa | afayo, afa | efa | awafi | angafi | engafi | |||
| Class 7 | siyafa, sifa | esifayo, esifa | sifa | asifi | esingafi | singafi | |||
| Class 8 | ziyafa, zifa | ezifayo, ezifa | zifa | azifi | ezingafi | zingafi | |||
| Class 9 | iyafa, ifa | efayo, efa | ifa | ayifi | engafi | ingafi | |||
| Class 10 | ziyafa, zifa | ezifayo, ezifa | zifa | azifi | ezingafi | zingafi | |||
| Class 11 | luyafa, lufa | olufayo, olufa | lufa | alufi | olungafi | lungafi | |||
| Class 14 | buyafa, bufa | obufayo, obufa | bufa | abufi | obungafi | bungafi | |||
| Class 15 | kuyafa, kufa | okufayo, okufa | kufa | akufi | okungafi | kungafi | |||
| Class 17 | kuyafa, kufa | okufayo, okufa | kufa | akufi | okungafi | kungafi | |||
| Recent past | |||||||||
| Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial | ||||
| 1st singular | ngifile, ngifē | engifile, engifē | ngifile, ngifē | angifanga | engingafanga | ngingafanga | |||
| 2nd singular | ufile, ufē | ofile, ofē | ufile, ufē | awufanga | ongafanga | ungafanga | |||
| 1st plural | sifile, sifē | esifile, esifē | sifile, sifē | asifanga | esingafanga | singafanga | |||
| 2nd plural | nifile, nifē | enifile, enifē | nifile, nifē | anifanga | eningafanga | ningafanga | |||
| Class 1 | ufile, ufē | ofile, ofē | efile, efē | akafanga | ongafanga | engafanga | |||
| Class 2 | bafile, bafē | abafile, abafē | befile, befē | abafanga | abangafanga | bengafanga | |||
| Class 3 | ufile, ufē | ofile, ofē | ufile, ufē | awufanga | ongafanga | ungafanga | |||
| Class 4 | ifile, ifē | efile, efē | ifile, ifē | ayifanga | engafanga | ingafanga | |||
| Class 5 | lifile, lifē | elifile, elifē | lifile, lifē | alifanga | elingafanga | lingafanga | |||
| Class 6 | afile, afē | afile, afē | efile, efē | awafanga | angafanga | engafanga | |||
| Class 7 | sifile, sifē | esifile, esifē | sifile, sifē | asifanga | esingafanga | singafanga | |||
| Class 8 | zifile, zifē | ezifile, ezifē | zifile, zifē | azifanga | ezingafanga | zingafanga | |||
| Class 9 | ifile, ifē | efile, efē | ifile, ifē | ayifanga | engafanga | ingafanga | |||
| Class 10 | zifile, zifē | ezifile, ezifē | zifile, zifē | azifanga | ezingafanga | zingafanga | |||
| Class 11 | lufile, lufē | olufile, olufē | lufile, lufē | alufanga | olungafanga | lungafanga | |||
| Class 14 | bufile, bufē | obufile, obufē | bufile, bufē | abufanga | obungafanga | bungafanga | |||
| Class 15 | kufile, kufē | okufile, okufē | kufile, kufē | akufanga | okungafanga | kungafanga | |||
| Class 17 | kufile, kufē | okufile, okufē | kufile, kufē | akufanga | okungafanga | kungafanga | |||
| Remote past | |||||||||
| Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial | ||||
| 1st singular | ngāfa | engāfa | ngāfa | angifanga | engingafanga | ngingafanga | |||
| 2nd singular | wāfa | owāfa | wāfa | awufanga | ongafanga | ungafanga | |||
| 1st plural | sāfa | esāfa | sāfa | asifanga | esingafanga | singafanga | |||
| 2nd plural | nāfa | enāfa | nāfa | anifanga | eningafanga | ningafanga | |||
| Class 1 | wāfa | owāfa | āfa | akafanga | ongafanga | engafanga | |||
| Class 2 | bāfa | abāfa | bāfa | abafanga | abangafanga | bengafanga | |||
| Class 3 | wāfa | owāfa | wāfa | awufanga | ongafanga | ungafanga | |||
| Class 4 | yāfa | eyāfa | yāfa | ayifanga | engafanga | ingafanga | |||
| Class 5 | lāfa | elāfa | lāfa | alifanga | elingafanga | lingafanga | |||
| Class 6 | āfa | āfa | āfa | awafanga | angafanga | engafanga | |||
| Class 7 | sāfa | esāfa | sāfa | asifanga | esingafanga | singafanga | |||
| Class 8 | zāfa | ezāfa | zāfa | azifanga | ezingafanga | zingafanga | |||
| Class 9 | yāfa | eyāfa | yāfa | ayifanga | engafanga | ingafanga | |||
| Class 10 | zāfa | ezāfa | zāfa | azifanga | ezingafanga | zingafanga | |||
| Class 11 | lwāfa | olwāfa | lwāfa | alufanga | olungafanga | lungafanga | |||
| Class 14 | bāfa | obāfa | bāfa | abufanga | obungafanga | bungafanga | |||
| Class 15 | kwāfa | okwāfa | kwāfa | akufanga | okungafanga | kungafanga | |||
| Class 17 | kwāfa | okwāfa | kwāfa | akufanga | okungafanga | kungafanga | |||
| Potential | |||||||||
| Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial | ||||
| 1st singular | ngingafa | — | ngingafa | ngingefe | — | ngingefe | |||
| 2nd singular | ungafa | — | ungafa | ungefe | — | ungefe | |||
| 1st plural | singafa | — | singafa | singefe | — | singefe | |||
| 2nd plural | ningafa | — | ningafa | ningefe | — | ningefe | |||
| Class 1 | angafa | — | engafa | angefe | — | engefe | |||
| Class 2 | bangafa | — | bengafa | bangefe | — | bengefe | |||
| Class 3 | ungafa | — | ungafa | ungefe | — | ungefe | |||
| Class 4 | ingafa | — | ingafa | ingefe | — | ingefe | |||
| Class 5 | lingafa | — | lingafa | lingefe | — | lingefe | |||
| Class 6 | angafa | — | engafa | angefe | — | engefe | |||
| Class 7 | singafa | — | singafa | singefe | — | singefe | |||
| Class 8 | zingafa | — | zingafa | zingefe | — | zingefe | |||
| Class 9 | ingafa | — | ingafa | ingefe | — | ingefe | |||
| Class 10 | zingafa | — | zingafa | zingefe | — | zingefe | |||
| Class 11 | lungafa | — | lungafa | lungefe | — | lungefe | |||
| Class 14 | bungafa | — | bungafa | bungefe | — | bungefe | |||
| Class 15 | kungafa | — | kungafa | kungefe | — | kungefe | |||
| Class 17 | kungafa | — | kungafa | kungefe | — | kungefe | |||
| Immediate future | |||||||||
| Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial | ||||
| 1st singular | ngizokufa | engizokufa | ngizokufa | angizukufa | — | ngingezukufa | |||
| 2nd singular | uzokufa | ozokufa | uzokufa | awuzukufa | — | ungezukufa | |||
| 1st plural | sizokufa | esizokufa | sizokufa | asizukufa | — | singezukufa | |||
| 2nd plural | nizokufa | enizokufa | nizokufa | anizukufa | — | ningezukufa | |||
| Class 1 | uzokufa | ozokufa | ezokufa | akazukufa | — | engezukufa | |||
| Class 2 | bazokufa | abazokufa | bezokufa | abazukufa | — | bengezukufa | |||
| Class 3 | uzokufa | ozokufa | uzokufa | awuzukufa | — | ungezukufa | |||
| Class 4 | izokufa | ezokufa | izokufa | ayizukufa | — | ingezukufa | |||
| Class 5 | lizokufa | elizokufa | lizokufa | alizukufa | — | lingezukufa | |||
| Class 6 | azokufa | azokufa | ezokufa | awazukufa | — | engezukufa | |||
| Class 7 | sizokufa | esizokufa | sizokufa | asizukufa | — | singezukufa | |||
| Class 8 | zizokufa | ezizokufa | zizokufa | azizukufa | — | zingezukufa | |||
| Class 9 | izokufa | ezokufa | izokufa | ayizukufa | — | ingezukufa | |||
| Class 10 | zizokufa | ezizokufa | zizokufa | azizukufa | — | zingezukufa | |||
| Class 11 | luzokufa | oluzokufa | luzokufa | aluzukufa | — | lungezukufa | |||
| Class 14 | buzokufa | obuzokufa | buzokufa | abuzukufa | — | bungezukufa | |||
| Class 15 | kuzokufa | okuzokufa | kuzokufa | akuzukufa | — | kungezukufa | |||
| Class 17 | kuzokufa | okuzokufa | kuzokufa | akuzukufa | — | kungezukufa | |||
| Remote future | |||||||||
| Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial | ||||
| 1st singular | ngiyokufa | engiyokufa | ngiyokufa | angiyukufa | — | ngingeyukufa | |||
| 2nd singular | uyokufa | oyokufa | uyokufa | awuyukufa | — | ungeyukufa | |||
| 1st plural | siyokufa | esiyokufa | siyokufa | asiyukufa | — | singeyukufa | |||
| 2nd plural | niyokufa | eniyokufa | niyokufa | aniyukufa | — | ningeyukufa | |||
| Class 1 | uyokufa | oyokufa | eyokufa | akayukufa | — | engeyukufa | |||
| Class 2 | bayokufa | abayokufa | beyokufa | abayukufa | — | bengeyukufa | |||
| Class 3 | uyokufa | oyokufa | uyokufa | awuyukufa | — | ungeyukufa | |||
| Class 4 | iyokufa | eyokufa | iyokufa | ayiyukufa | — | ingeyukufa | |||
| Class 5 | liyokufa | eliyokufa | liyokufa | aliyukufa | — | lingeyukufa | |||
| Class 6 | ayokufa | ayokufa | eyokufa | awayukufa | — | engeyukufa | |||
| Class 7 | siyokufa | esiyokufa | siyokufa | asiyukufa | — | singeyukufa | |||
| Class 8 | ziyokufa | eziyokufa | ziyokufa | aziyukufa | — | zingeyukufa | |||
| Class 9 | iyokufa | eyokufa | iyokufa | ayiyukufa | — | ingeyukufa | |||
| Class 10 | ziyokufa | eziyokufa | ziyokufa | aziyukufa | — | zingeyukufa | |||
| Class 11 | luyokufa | oluyokufa | luyokufa | aluyukufa | — | lungeyukufa | |||
| Class 14 | buyokufa | obuyokufa | buyokufa | abuyukufa | — | bungeyukufa | |||
| Class 15 | kuyokufa | okuyokufa | kuyokufa | akuyukufa | — | kungeyukufa | |||
| Class 17 | kuyokufa | okuyokufa | kuyokufa | akuyukufa | — | kungeyukufa | |||
| Present subjunctive | |||||||||
| Positive | Negative | ||||||||
| 1st singular | ngife | ngingafi | |||||||
| 2nd singular | ufe | ungafi | |||||||
| 1st plural | sife | singafi | |||||||
| 2nd plural | nife | ningafi | |||||||
| Class 1 | afe | angafi | |||||||
| Class 2 | bafe | bangafi | |||||||
| Class 3 | ufe | ungafi | |||||||
| Class 4 | ife | ingafi | |||||||
| Class 5 | life | lingafi | |||||||
| Class 6 | afe | angafi | |||||||
| Class 7 | sife | singafi | |||||||
| Class 8 | zife | zingafi | |||||||
| Class 9 | ife | ingafi | |||||||
| Class 10 | zife | zingafi | |||||||
| Class 11 | lufe | lungafi | |||||||
| Class 14 | bufe | bungafi | |||||||
| Class 15 | kufe | kungafi | |||||||
| Class 17 | kufe | kungafi | |||||||
| Past subjunctive | |||||||||
| Positive | Negative | ||||||||
| 1st singular | ngafa | angifa | |||||||
| 2nd singular | wafa | awufa | |||||||
| 1st plural | safa | asifa | |||||||
| 2nd plural | nafa | anifa | |||||||
| Class 1 | wafa | akafa | |||||||
| Class 2 | bafa | abafa | |||||||
| Class 3 | wafa | awufa | |||||||
| Class 4 | yafa | ayifa | |||||||
| Class 5 | lafa | alifa | |||||||
| Class 6 | afa | awafa | |||||||
| Class 7 | safa | asifa | |||||||
| Class 8 | zafa | azifa | |||||||
| Class 9 | yafa | ayifa | |||||||
| Class 10 | zafa | azifa | |||||||
| Class 11 | lwafa | alufa | |||||||
| Class 14 | bafa | abufa | |||||||
| Class 15 | kwafa | akufa | |||||||
| Class 17 | kwafa | akufa | |||||||
Derived terms
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “fa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “fa (imper. yifa, 6.3)”