fræ
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse fræ, from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɹɛaː/
- Rhymes: -ɛaː
Noun
fræ n (genitive singular fræs, plural fræ)
Declension
| n4 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fræ | fræið | fræ | fræini |
| accusative | fræ | fræið | fræ | fræini |
| dative | fræ, fræi | frænum | fræum | fræunum |
| genitive | fræs | fræsins | fræa | fræanna |
Derived terms
- grasfræ
- hvannfræ
- línfræ
- sólblómufræ
Anagrams
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse fræ, from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą, whence also the variant frjó.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fraiː/
- Rhymes: -aiː
Noun
fræ n (genitive singular fræs, nominative plural fræ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fræ | fræið | fræ | fræin |
| accusative | fræ | fræið | fræ | fræin |
| dative | fræi | fræinu | fræjum | fræjunum |
| genitive | fræs | fræsins | fræja | fræjanna |
Derived terms
Anagrams
Ligurian
Etymology
From Latin frāter, from Proto-Italic *frātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /frɛː/
Noun
fræ m (invariable)
See also
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
fræ n (definite singular frøet, indefinite plural frø, definite plural frøa or frøi)
- (pre-1938) alternative form of frø
Old Norse
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *fraiwą, whence also the variant frjó.
Noun
fræ n (genitive fræs, dative frævi, plural fræ)
Declension
| neuter | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fræ | fræit | fræ | fræin |
| accusative | fræ | fræit | fræ | fræin |
| dative | frævi | frævinu | frævum | frævunum |
| genitive | fræs | fræsins | fræva | frævanna |
Descendants
Here are also descendants of the variant frjó.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
fræ
- inflection of frær:
- strong feminine nominative singular
- strong neuter nominative/accusative plural
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fræ”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 151; also available at the Internet Archive