faru
Asturian
Etymology
Noun
faru m (plural faros)
- lighthouse (building containing a light to warn or guide ships)
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfaru/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aru
- Hyphenation: fa‧ru
Verb
faru
- imperative of fari
Irish
Alternative forms
Pronoun
faru (emphatic farusan)
- third-person plural of fara
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “faru”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfaru/
Noun
faru
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *faru, from the same base as faran.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɑ.ru/
Noun
faru f
- a journey or going
- Hit ys Godes faru. ― It [Passover] is the passing of God. (Exodus)
- something transportable, especially one's family
- God ða gemunde Noes fare. ― Then God remembered Noah's family. (Genesis)
- a march or expedition
- He ðas fare lædeþ. ― He leads this expedition. (Cædmon's Metrical Paraphrase)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | faru | fare, fara |
accusative | fare | fare, fara |
genitive | fare | fara, farena |
dative | fare | farum |
Derived terms
- infaru (“invasion”)
Related terms
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
faru class ? (plural [please provide])
- rhinoceros
- Synonym: kifaru