fá
Bassa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fá]
References
- Bassa-English Dictionary
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɔɑː
Adjective
fá
- inflection of fáur:
- strong feminine nominative singular
- strong neuter nominative/accusative plural
Etymology 2
From Old Norse fá, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.
Verb
fá (third person singular past indicative fekk, third person plural past indicative fingu, supine fingið)
Synonyms
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfaː]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -faː
Declension
Its inflected forms are uncommon.
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | fá | fák |
accusative | fát | fákat |
dative | fának | fáknak |
instrumental | fával | fákkal |
causal-final | fáért | fákért |
translative | fává | fákká |
terminative | fáig | fákig |
essive-formal | fáként | fákként |
essive-modal | fául | — |
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 |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
fáé | fáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
fáéi | fákéi |
Possessive forms of fá | ||
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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 |
or (as a means of distinction from the inflection of fa (“tree”))
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | fá | fá-k |
accusative | fá-t | fá-kat |
dative | fá-nak | fá-knak |
instrumental | fá-val | fá-kkal |
causal-final | fá-ért | fá-kért |
translative | fá-vá | fá-kká |
terminative | fá-ig | fá-kig |
essive-formal | fá-ként | fá-kként |
essive-modal | fá-ul | — |
inessive | fá-ban | fá-kban |
superessive | fá-n | fá-kon |
adessive | fá-nál | fá-knál |
illative | fá-ba | fá-kba |
sublative | fá-ra | fá-kra |
allative | fá-hoz | fá-khoz |
elative | fá-ból | fá-kból |
delative | fá-ról | fá-król |
ablative | fá-tól | fá-któl |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
fá-é | fá-ké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
fá-éi | fá-kéi |
Possessive forms of fá | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | fá-m | fá-im |
2nd person sing. | fá-d | fá-id |
3rd person sing. | fá-ja | fá-i |
1st person plural | fá-nk | fá-ink |
2nd person plural | fá-tok | fá-itok |
3rd person plural | fá-juk | fá-ik |
Further reading
- (2): fa in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (Hungarian) An article on solfège with hand signs
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse fá, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. Doublet of fanga (“to capture, to seize”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fauː/
- Rhymes: -auː
Verb
fá (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative fékk, third-person plural past indicative fengu, supine fengið)
Conjugation
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að fá | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
fengið | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
fándi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég fæ | við fáum | present (nútíð) |
ég fái | við fáum |
þú færð | þið fáið | þú fáir | þið fáið | ||
hann, hún, það fær | þeir, þær, þau fá | hann, hún, það fái | þeir, þær, þau fái | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég fékk | við fengum | past (þátíð) |
ég fengi | við fengjum |
þú fékkst | þið fenguð | þú fengir | þið fengjuð | ||
hann, hún, það fékk | þeir, þær, þau fengu | hann, hún, það fengi | þeir, þær, þau fengju | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
fá (þú) | fáið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
fáðu | fáiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að fást | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
fengist | ||||
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 fæst | við fáumst | present (nútíð) |
ég fáist | við fáumst |
þú fæst | þið fáist | þú fáist | þið fáist | ||
hann, hún, það fæst | þeir, þær, þau fást | hann, hún, það fáist | þeir, þær, þau fáist | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég fékkst | við fengumst | past (þátíð) |
ég fengist | við fengjumst |
þú fékkst | þið fengust | þú fengist | þið fengjust | ||
hann, hún, það fékkst | þeir, þær, þau fengust | hann, hún, það fengist | þeir, þær, þau fengjust | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
fást (þú) | fáist (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
fástu | fáisti * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
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masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
fenginn | fengin | fengið | fengnir | fengnar | fengin | |
accusative (þolfall) |
fenginn | fengna | fengið | fengna | fengnar | fengin | |
dative (þágufall) |
fengnum | fenginni | fengnu | fengnum | fengnum | fengnum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
fengins | fenginnar | fengins | fenginna | fenginna | fenginna | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
fengni | fengna | fengna | fengnu | fengnu | fengnu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
fengna | fengnu | fengna | fengnu | fengnu | fengnu | |
dative (þágufall) |
fengna | fengnu | fengna | fengnu | fengnu | fengnu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
fengna | fengnu | fengna | fengnu | fengnu | fengnu |
Synonyms
- (to receive): eignast
- (to give): gefa, láta af hendi
Derived terms
- fá allt upp í hendurnar
- fá flugu í hausinn
- fá sér göngutúr
- fást
Irish
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /fˠaː/, (unstressed) /fˠa/
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
Particle
fá (triggers h-prothesis)
- Alternative form of fa, obsolete form of ba (“was”) (past affirmative and relative of is).
- 2014 [1628–1634], Geoffrey Keating, edited by Beatrix Färber, David Comyn, Patrick S. Dinneen, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn, CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts:
- gurab Alba fá hainm don chrích sin
- that that country’s name was Scotland
Related terms
Simple copular forms
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Compound copular forms
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Mandarin
Alternative forms
- fa — nonstandard
Romanization
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 乏
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 伐
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 垡
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 姂
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 拨
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 撤
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 栰
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 泚
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疺
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瞁
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砝
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 筏
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 罚
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 罰/罚
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 罸
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 茷
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 藅
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 閥/阀
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 法
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.
Verb
fá (singular past indicative fekk, plural past indicative fengu, past participle fenginn)
- to get
Conjugation
infinitive | fá | |
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present participle | fáandi, fándi | |
past participle | fenginn, finginn | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | fæ | fekk |
2nd-person singular | fær | fekkt |
3rd-person singular | fær | fekk |
1st-person plural | fám | fengum, fingum |
2nd-person plural | fáið | fenguð, finguð |
3rd-person plural | fá | fengu, fingu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | fá | fenga, finga |
2nd-person singular | fáir | fengir, fingir |
3rd-person singular | fái | fengi, fingi |
1st-person plural | fáim | fengim, fingim |
2nd-person plural | fáið | fengið, fingið |
3rd-person plural | fái | fengi, fingi |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | fá | |
1st-person plural | fám | |
2nd-person plural | fáið |
infinitive | fásk | |
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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
References
- fá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Norse ᚠᚨᛁᚺᛁᛞᛟ (faihido), ᚠᚨᚺᛁᛞᛟ (fahido) (1st singular past indicative), from Proto-Germanic *faihijaną.
Conjugation
infinitive | fá | |
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present participle | fáandi | |
past participle | fáðr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | fá | fáða |
2nd-person singular | fár | fáðir |
3rd-person singular | fár | fáði |
1st-person plural | fám | fáðum |
2nd-person plural | fáið | fáðuð |
3rd-person plural | fá | fáðu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | fá | fáða |
2nd-person singular | fáir | fáðir |
3rd-person singular | fái | fáði |
1st-person plural | fáim | fáðim |
2nd-person plural | fáið | fáðið |
3rd-person plural | fái | fáði |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | fá | |
1st-person plural | fám | |
2nd-person plural | fáið |
infinitive | fásk | |
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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 |
Alternative forms
- ᚠᛅᚦᛁ (faþi), ᚠᛆᚦᛁ (faþi) — third singular past indicative
Descendants
- Icelandic: fá
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
fá
- positive degree strong feminine nominative/accusative singular of fár
- positive degree strong neuter dative singular of fár
- positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of fár
- positive degree weak masculine accusative/dative/genitive singular of fár
- positive degree weak feminine singular of fár
- positive degree weak neuter nominative singular of fár
- positive degree weak nominative/accusative/genitive plural of fár
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.
Scanian
Etymology
From Old Norse fá, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fáʊː], [fóː], [fɛ́ɑː]