fach

See also: Fach and -fach

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faχ/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

fach

  1. singular imperative of fachen

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fach. Compare Polish fach and Silesian fach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfax/
  • Rhymes: -ax
  • Syllabification: fach

Noun

fach m inan

  1. profession, trade, occupation
    Synonym: wark

Declension

Declension of fach
singular plural
nominative fach fachë
genitive fachù fachów
dative fachòwi fachóm
accusative fach fachë
instrumental fachã, fachem (regional) fachama
locative fachù fachach
vocative fach/fachù fachë

Further reading

  • fach”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French fache, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs (face, shape).

Noun

fach f

  1. (Sark, anatomy) face

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin factum.

Noun

fach m

  1. (Languedoc, Provençal) fact

Verb

fach

  1. past participle of far

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *faih (hostile). Cognates include Old English fāh and Old Dutch *fēh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaːχ/

Adjective

fāch

  1. outlawed

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fach. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from German Fachwerk. Compare Kashubian fach and Silesian fach.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈfax/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ax
  • Syllabification: fach

Noun

fach m inan (related adjective fachowy)

  1. (colloquial) trade (skilled practice of an occupation)
    Synonyms: zawód, profesja
  2. (Central Greater Poland, architecture) synonym of przęsło

Declension

Derived terms

adverbs
  • fachowo
nouns

Further reading

  • fach in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • fach in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “fach”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 18

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vaːχ/

Etymology 1

Adjective

fach

  1. soft mutation of bach (small)

Etymology 2

Noun

fach

  1. soft mutation of bach (hook)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bach
radical soft nasal aspirate
bach fach mach unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.