farfar

Danish

Etymology

From far +‎ far. From Old Norse fǫðurfaðir (literally father's father). Compare Icelandic föðurfaðir, Norwegian farfar, Swedish farfar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faːˀrfaːr/, [ˈfɑˀˌfɑː]

Noun

farfar (singular definite farfaren or farfaderen, plural indefinite farfædre)

  1. paternal grandfather

Declension

Declension of farfar
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative farfar farfaren
farfaderen
farfædre farfædrene
genitive farfars farfarens
farfaderens
farfædres farfædrenes

References

Maltese

Root
f-r-f-r
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Etymology

From Arabic فَرْفَرَ (farfara).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfar.far/
  • Rhymes: -arfar

Verb

farfar (imperfect jfarfar, past participle mfarfar, verbal noun tfarfir)

  1. to brush off, to swipe away
  2. to flap (wings, tail, etc.) (to move (something broad and loose) up and down)
  3. to beat, to strike [with lil ‘to someone’]
  4. (figuratively) to shirk, to avoid a duty

Conjugation

Conjugation of farfar (Form Iq)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m farfart farfart farfar farfarna farfartu farfru
f farfret
imperfect m nfarfar tfarfar jfarfar nfarfru tfarfru jfarfru
f tfarfar
imperative farfar farfru
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m farfartx farfartx farfarx farfarniex farfartux farfrux
f farfritx
imperfect m nfarfarx tfarfarx jfarfarx nfarfrux tfarfrux jfarfrux
f tfarfarx
imperative tfarfarx tfarfrux

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From far +‎ far.

Noun

farfar m (definite singular farfaren, indefinite plural farfedre, definite plural farfedrene)

  1. paternal grandfather

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From far +‎ far.

Noun

farfar m (definite singular farfaren, indefinite plural farfedrar, definite plural farfedrane)

  1. paternal grandfather

See also

References

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

far +‎ far

Pronunciation

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Noun

farfar c

  1. a father's father; a paternal grandfather

Declension

References

Tarifit

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Verb

farfar (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴰⵔⴼⴰⵔ)

  1. (intransitive) to fly away
  2. (intransitive) to flap the wings, to flutter

Conjugation

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Derived terms

  • Verbal noun: afarfar