farn

See also: Farn

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *farn. Compare Old English fearn and Old Saxon farn.

Noun

farn n

1. fern

Inflection

Declension of farn (neuter a-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	farn	farn
accusative	farn	farn
genitive	farnes	farno
dative	farne	farnon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: varen
  • Dutch: varen
    • Afrikaans: varing

References

• “farn”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Alternative forms

• faran, faram

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *farn, whence also Old English fearn.

Noun

farn m

1. fern

Descendants

• Middle High German: varn, varm, farn, farm
  • German: Farn, Farm
  • Luxembourgish: Far

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *farn, whence also Old English fearn.

Noun

farn m

1. fern

Descendants

• Middle Low German: varn, varne, varen
  • German Low German: Farn

Plautdietsch

Adjective

farn

1. smart, intelligent

Tarifit

Alternative forms

• fren

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber. Cognate with Tashelhit frn.

Pronunciation

• (Nador) IPA^(key): [fan]
• Syllabification: farn
• Rhymes: -an

Verb

farn (verbal noun afran, Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴰⵔⵏ) (ergative)

1. to sort
2. to clean; to remove impurities
   1. to prune, to trim
   2. to weed, to hoe
   3. to pick (the teeth)
   4. to delouse

Conjugation

Conjugation of farn

aorist perfective negative perfective imperfective negative imperfective participle ifarnen ifarnen yefrinen ifarrnen ifarrnen singular plural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person aorist m farneɣ tfarned ifarn nfarn tfarnem farnen f tfarn tfarnent farnent perfective m farneɣ tfarned ifarn nfarn tfarnem farnen f tfarn tfarnent farnent negative perfective m frineɣ tefrined yefrin nefrin tefrinem frinen f tefrin tefrinent frinent imperfective m farrneɣ tfarrned ifarren nfarren tfarrnem farrnen f tfarren tfarrnent farrnent negative imperfective m farrneɣ tfarrned ifarren nfarren tfarrnem farrnen f tfarren tfarrnent farrnent aorist imperative m farn farnem, farnet f farnent imperfective imperative m farren farrnem, farrnet f farrnent injunctive m nfarnet f nfarnent

References

• Serhoual (2002)
• Abarrou (2024)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /varn/

Noun

farn

1. soft mutation of barn (“opinion”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of barn

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
barn	farn	marn	unchanged

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