fach
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faχ/
Audio: (file)
Verb
fach
- 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
- profession, trade, occupation
- Synonym: wark
Declension
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
- fache (Jersey, Guernsey)
Etymology
From Old French fache, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs (“face, shape”).
Noun
fach f
Occitan
Etymology
Noun
fach m
Related terms
Verb
fach
- 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
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
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ax
- Syllabification: fach
Noun
fach m inan (related adjective fachowy)
- (colloquial) trade (skilled practice of an occupation)
- (Central Greater Poland, architecture) synonym of przęsło
Declension
Declension of fach
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | fach | fachy |
genitive | fachu | fachów |
dative | fachowi | fachom |
accusative | fach | fachy |
instrumental | fachem | fachami |
locative | fachu | fachach |
vocative | fachu | fachy |
Derived terms
Related terms
adverbs
- fachowo
nouns
- fachman
- fachowość
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
Etymology 2
Noun
fach