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far

See also: Far, FAR, far-, -far, fár, får, fær, and fa'r
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Translingual

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Etymology

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Clipping of English Fataleka with r as a placeholder.

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far

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Fataleka.

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English

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Middle English ferre, fer, Old English feor, feorr, from Proto-Germanic *ferrai

Adjective

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far (comparative farther or further, superlative farthest or furthest or farthermost or furthermost)

  2. Distant; remote in space.
    He went to a far land.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 9:6:
      And they went to Ioshua vnto the campe at Gilgal, and said vnto him, and to the men of Israel, Wee be come from a farre countrey: Now therefore make ye a league with vs.
    • 2009, Graham Huggan, Ian Law, Racism Postcolonialism Europe, page 1:
      Tsiolkas's Europe, as voraciously predatory as his own undead protagonist, is a far cry from the fount of idealistic humanism dreamed up by generations of both pre- and post-Enlightenment politicians and philosophers, a Europe defined by its durable capacity for civility in an otherwise barbarous world.
  3. Remote in time.
    the far far future
  4. Long. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
    • 2011, Peggy Woods, Ramblings from a Soul, page 42:
      I have such a long way to go but yet I have come such a far piece already
  5. More remote of two.
    • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
      At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook.
    See those two mountains? The ogre lives on the far one.
    He moved to the far end of the state. She remained at this end.
  6. Extreme, as measured from some central or neutral position.
    They are on the far right on this issue.
    • 2010, William Alexander Patterson, 4th, The City Is served Bartholomew! to the American Prison!, page 118:
      He was withdrawn to such a far degree that it required of Piers and Jude a good deal of occasional conferencing between the two of them, in private.
  7. Extreme, as a difference in nature or quality.
    • 1657, Henry Ainsworth, Zachary Coke, The Art of Logick., page 26:
      As sensible maketh a man differ from a stone, in a far difference; for other Species, as Beasts, have the same difference, but reasonable is the nearest, whereby he differeth from a stone, beasts, and all other things.
    • 1979, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations, Military situation in the Far East - Volume 3, page 1737:
      Is there not a far difference between asking it up and urging it, Mr. Secretary?
    • 2010, Deborah Cartmell, Screen Adaptations: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, page 78:
      The pressbook identifies the film as a 'picturization of Jane Austen's widely read novel' and starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier (based on the theatrical adaptation by Helen Jerome), it is a far remove from adaptations that follow.
    • 2014, Henry Sussman, Playful Intelligence: Digitizing Tradition, page 124:
      This may not be at such a far remove from the endlessly recursive textual inventions of Kafka, Beckett, and Bernhard as it may seem.
  8. (programming, not comparable) Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
    far heap; far memory; far pointer
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Comparable senses often repeat the adjective to intensify the meaning rather than using very as most other adjectives do. For example, one may speak of the   far far future rather than the   very far future.

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See far/translations § Adjective.

Adverb

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far (comparative farther or further, superlative farthest or furthest)

  1. To, from or over a great distance in space, time or other extent.
    Synonym: long
    You have all come far and you will go further.
    He built a time machine and travelled far into the future.
    Over time, his views moved far away from mine.
    You've gone far enough. Actually, a bit too far.
  2. Very much; by a great amount.
    He was far richer than we'd thought.
    The expense far exceeds what I expected.
    I saw a tiny figure far below me.
    • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
      The Reds were on the back foot early on when a catalogue of defensive errors led to Ramires giving Chelsea the lead. Jay Spearing conceded possession in midfield and Ramires escaped Jose Enrique far too easily before scoring at the near post with a shot Reina should have saved.
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As with the adjective, the adverb sense is often repeated for intensive meaning. A foul-tasting drink may be   far far worse than what one expected.

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Translations to be checked‌: "distant in space, time, or degree"

Verb

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far (third-person singular simple present fars, present participle farring, simple past and past participle farred)

  1. (transitive, rare) To send far away.
    • 1864, Elizabeth Gaskell, Cousin Phillis:
      But I wish he'd been farred before he ever came near this house, with his “Please Betty” this, and “Please Betty” that, and drinking up our new milk as if he'd been a cat. I hate such beguiling ways.
    • 1962, Thomas Berger, Reinhart in Love:
      […] so Joe come to me and he uz sore as a boil and said you goddam prevert, I don't want no twenny-two-year-old mechanic who still pulls his pood in the toilet, and farred me.

Etymology 2

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From Latin far. Doublet of farro.

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far (uncountable)

  2. Emmer (a type of wheat), especially in the context of Roman use of it.
    • 1756, Aurelius Cornelius Celsus, Medicine: In Eight Books, page 108:
      A cataplasm made from any meal is heating, whether it be of wheat, or of far, or barley, or bitter vetch, ...
    • 1857, John Marius Wilson, The Rural Cyclopedia:
      Almost all the rustic writers agree in this, that far is most proper for wet clay land, and triticum for dry land. 'In wet red clays,' says Cato, 'sow far; and in dry, clean, and open lands, sow triticum.'
    • 1872, John Cordy Jeaffreson, “Wedding-Cake”, in Brides and Bridals. […], volume I, London: Hurst and Blackett, […], →OCLC, pages 200–201:
      Our wedding-cake is the memorial of a practice, that bore a striking resemblance to, if it was not derived from, confarreatio, the form of marriage that had fallen into general disuse amongst the Romans in the time of Tiberius. Taking its name from the cake of far and mola salsa that was broken over the bride's head, confarreatio was attended with an incident that increases its resemblance to the way in which our ancestors used at their weddings objects symbolical of natural plentifulness.
    • 1919, Carl Holliday, Wedding Customs Then and Now, page 32:
      The early Romans broke a cake of far and mola salsa (salted meal) over the bride's head, — a symbol of plentifulness, […]
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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far (plural fars)

  1. (UK, dialect) A litter of piglets; a farrow.

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Pharus.

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far m

  1. lighthouse

Catalan

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Etymology

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Derived from Latin pharus.

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far m (plural fars)

  1. lighthouse
  2. headlight
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Champenois

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin ferrum.

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far m (plural fars)

  1. (Troyen, Rémois) iron

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  • Daunay, Jean (1998), Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎[4] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
  • Baudoin, Alphonse (1885), Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎[5] (in French), Troyes

Cimbrian

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far ?

  1. fern

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  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dalmatian

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far

  1. alternative form of fur

Danish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”).

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far c (singular definite faren, plural indefinite fædre)

  1. father, dad

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Declension of far
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative far faren fædre fædrene
genitive fars farens fædres fædrenes

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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Back-formation from fari (“to do, to make”).

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Preposition

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far

  1. (neologism) by[1]
    La libro de Johano far Ŝekspiro
    John's book by Shakespeare
    regado de la popolo, far la popolo, kaj por la popolo
    government of the people, by the people, and for the people
    Synonyms: de, fare de

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Unofficial. The most common innovative preposition, far is used for some of the functions of the preposition de "of, from, by", which some authors feel is overworked. Useful to distinguish, for example, the owner of a book (de) from the author (far).

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  1. ^ Wennergren, Bertilo (9 March 2010), “Neoficialaj rolvortetoj”, in Plena Manlibro de Esperanta Gramatiko‎[1] (in Esperanto), archived from the original on 27 September 2010

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Faroese

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Old Norse far.

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    far n (genitive singular fars, plural før)

    1. drive, ride, tour
    2. vessel
    3. trace, sign

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    n5 singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative far farið før førini
    accusative far farið før førini
    dative fari farinum førum førunum
    genitive fars farsins fara faranna

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    French

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    Etymology

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    Probably to be linked to Late Latin farsus (past participle of farciō (“to cram, stuff”)), whence French farce (“stuffing”) and Old French fars (“stuffed”), perhaps with influence from Latin far (“farro, emmer wheat”), also attested in the meaning of “sacred cake”, whence Old French and Middle French far (“type of wheat”).[1]

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    far aux pruneaux
    far breton with prunes

    far m (plural fars)

    1. far breton
      Synonym: far breton

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    1. ^ “far”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

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    Galician

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese far, derived from Latin fāre.

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    • IPA(key): /ˈfaɾ/ [ˈfaɾ]
    • Rhymes: -aɾ
    • Hyphenation: far

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    far (first-person singular present fo, first-person singular preterite fei, past participle fado)
    far (first-person singular present fo, first-person singular preterite fei, past participle fado, reintegrationist norm)

    1. obsolete form of facer

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        Conjugation of far
    Singular Plural
    First-person
    (eu)     		Second-person
    (ti)     		Third-person
    (el / ela / Vde.)     		First-person
    (nós)     		Second-person
    (vós)     		Third-person
    (eles / elas / Vdes.)
    Infinitive
    Impersonal far
    Personal far fares far farmos fardes faren
    Gerund
    fando
    Past participle
    Masculine fado fados
    Feminine fada fadas
    Indicative
    Present fo fas fa famos fades fan
    Imperfect faba fabas faba fabamos fabades faban
    Preterite fei faches fou famos fastes faron
    Pluperfect fara faras fara faramos farades faran
    Future farei farás fará faremos faredes farán
    Conditional faría farías faría fariamos fariades farían
    Subjunctive
    Present fe fes fe femos fedes fen
    Imperfect fase fases fase fásemos fásedes fasen
    Future far fares far farmos fardes faren
    Imperative
    Affirmative fa fe femos fade fen
    Negative (non) non fes non fe non femos non fedes non fen
        Reintegrated conjugation of far (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
    Singular Plural
    First-person
    (eu)     		Second-person
    (ti / tu)     		Third-person
    (ele / ela / você)     		First-person
    (nós)     		Second-person
    (vós)     		Third-person
    (eles / elas / vocês)
    Infinitive
    Impersonal far
    Personal far fares far farmos fardes farem
    Gerund
    fando
    Past participle
    Masculine fado fados
    Feminine fada fadas
    Indicative
    Present fo fas fa famos fades, fais fam
    Imperfect fava favas fava fávamos fávades, fáveis, fávais1 favam
    Preterite fei faste, fache1 fou famos fastes fárom, faram
    Pluperfect fara faras fara fáramos fárades, fáreis, fárais1 faram
    Future farei farás fará faremos faredes, fareis farám, farão
    Conditional faria farias faria faríamos faríades, faríeis, faríais1 fariam
    Subjunctive
    Present fe fes fe femos fedes, feis fem
    Imperfect fasse fasses fasse fássemos fássedes, fásseis fassem
    Future far fares far farmos fardes farem
    Imperative
    Affirmative fa fe femos fade, fai fem
    Negative (nom) nom fes nom fe nom femos nom fedes, nom feis nom fem

    1Less recommended.

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    Hungarian

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Uralic *ponče (“tail”).[1] Older hypotheses have attempted to derive far from Proto-Uralic *pure- (“back, rear”) or Proto-Finno-Ugric *perä (“back, rear”).

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    far (plural farok)

    1. buttock, posterior
      Synonyms: fenék, ülep, hátsó, segg
    2. stern (ship)
    3. tail, rear (vehicle)

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    Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
    singular plural
    nominative far farok
    accusative fart farokat
    dative farnak faroknak
    instrumental farral farokkal
    causal-final farért farokért
    translative farrá farokká
    terminative farig farokig
    essive-formal farként farokként
    essive-modal — —
    inessive farban farokban
    superessive faron farokon
    adessive farnál faroknál
    illative farba farokba
    sublative farra farokra
    allative farhoz farokhoz
    elative farból farokból
    delative farról farokról
    ablative fartól faroktól
    non-attributive
    possessive – singular     		faré faroké
    non-attributive
    possessive – plural     		faréi farokéi
    Possessive forms of far
    possessor single possession multiple possessions
    1st person sing. farom faraim
    2nd person sing. farod faraid
    3rd person sing. fara farai
    1st person plural farunk faraink
    2nd person plural farotok faraitok
    3rd person plural faruk faraik

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    1. ^ Aikio, Ante (= Luobbal Sámmol Sámmol Ánte). “Notes on the development of some consonant clusters in Hungarian”. In: Sampsa Holopainen & Janne Saarikivi (eds.), Περὶ ὀρθότητος ἐτύμων. Uusiutuva uralilainen etymologia, Uralica Helsingiensia 11, 2018, pp. 77–90.

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    • far in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

    Icelandic

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Germanic *farą n, cognate with Old Norse fǫr f (“journey”).

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    far n (genitive singular fars, nominative plural för)

    1. passage, ride
      Má ég fá far?
      Can I get a ride?
    2. imprint, trace
    3. character, personality

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    Declension of far (neuter)
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative far farið för förin
    accusative far farið för förin
    dative fari farinu förum förunum
    genitive fars farsins fara faranna

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    far (apocopated)

    1. apocopic form of fare

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    1. ^ far in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
    2. ^ far in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025

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    Latin

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Italic *fars (“flour, grain”),[1] possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰars-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“spike, prickle”); compare Welsh bara (“bread”), English barley, Serbo-Croatian brȁšno (“flour”), Albanian bar (“grass”), Ancient Greek Φηρῶν (Phērôn, “plant deity”).

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    The nominative-accusative singular form scans as a long syllable in Ovid (cited below). Therefore, some sources mark the vowel in this form as long (fār), but an alternative explanation is that despite being spelled with a single letter r, this word form was pronounced with the underlying geminate /rr/ of the stem when the following word started with a vowel.[2]

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    far n (genitive farris); third declension

    1. farro, a type of hulled wheat. (Most likely emmer (Triticum dicoccum or Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccon) but often mistranslated as spelt (Triticum spelta)) [3] [4]
      • 8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 1.338:
        Ante, deos homini quod conciliare valeret, / far erat et puri lucida mica salis.
        Of old, the means to win the goodwill of the gods were far and sparkling grains of pure salt.
        ― Fay Glinister, “Festus and Ritual Foodstuffs” p. 220
    2. coarse meal; grits

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    Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

    singular plural
    nominative far farra
    genitive farris farrum
    dative farrī farribus
    accusative far farra
    ablative farre farribus
    vocative far farra

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    • Insular Romance:
      • Sardinian: farre, farri
    • Italo-Romance:
      • Italian: farre (archaic, dialectal)
      • Neapolitan: farre
    • Gallo-Romance:
      • Catalan: farre (dialectal)
      • Franco-Provençal: far
    • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *farrum
    • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *farellum
    • Borrowings:

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    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 201-2
    2. ^ Charles Edwin Bennett (1907), The Latin Language: A Historical Outline of Its Sounds, Inflections, and Syntax, page 118
    3. ^ Thompson, D'Arcy W. “Wheat in Antiquity.” The Classical Review, vol. 60, no. 3, 1946, pp. 120–122. JSTOR. Accessed 6 June 2021.
    4. ^ Glinister, Fay “Festus and Ritual Foodstuffs.” Eruditio Antiqua 6 (2014), pp. 215-227.

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    Arabic فَأْر (faʔr)
    Maltese far

      Inherited from Arabic فَأْر (faʔr, “mouse”).

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      far m (plural firien or fariet, feminine fara)

      1. rat
        Synonym: ġurdien
      2. Y-shaped frame of a slingshot
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      Root
      f-w-r
      5 terms

      From Arabic فارَ (fāra).

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      far (imperfect jfur, verbal noun fawran)

      1. to overflow
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      Conjugation of far (Form I)
      positive forms
      singular plural
      1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
      perfect m fort fort far forna fortu faru
      f faret
      imperfect m nfur tfur jfur nfuru tfuru jfuru
      f tfur
      imperative fur furu

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      far

      1. alternative form of fare

      Norwegian Bokmål

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      Etymology 1

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      Derived from Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Compare longer version fader.

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      far m (definite singular faren, indefinite plural fedre, definite plural fedrene)

      1. father
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      far

      1. imperative of fare

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      Etymology 1

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      Inherited from Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Compare longer version fader.

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      far m (definite singular faren, indefinite plural fedrar, definite plural fedrane)

      1. father
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      Historical inflection of far
      singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      1901 ein fâr fâren feder or fedrar federne or fedrarne (fedrane)
      1917 federne or fedrane
      1938 ein far faren fedrar fedrane
      • Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
      • Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.
      • Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.
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      Etymology 2

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      From Old Norse far, from Proto-Germanic *farą.

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      far n (definite singular faret, indefinite plural far, definite plural fara)

      1. trace, track
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      far

      1. imperative of fara

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      far m (plural fars)

      1. (nautical) lighthouse

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      far

      1. alternative form of faire

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      far

      1. singular imperative of faran

      Old High German

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      Etymology 1

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      Derived from Proto-West Germanic *farʀ with irregular declension, from Proto-Germanic *farzaz, a byform of *farzô (“bull, steer”).

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      far m

      1. steer
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      Etymology 2

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      Ultimately inherited from Proto-Germanic *farą.

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      far n

      1. (nautical) passage, channel
      2. harbour, port

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      far

      1. alternative form of for

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      Etymology 1

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        Inherited from Proto-Norse *ᚠᚨᚱᚨ (*fara), from Proto-Germanic *farą.

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        far n (genitive fars, plural fǫr)

        1. a means of passage
        2. passage
        3. trace, print, track
        4. life, conduct, behaviour
        5. state, condition
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        Declension of far (strong a-stem)
        neuter singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative far farit fǫr fǫrin
        accusative far farit fǫr fǫrin
        dative fari farinu fǫrum fǫrunum
        genitive fars farsins fara faranna
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        • Icelandic: far
        • Faroese: far
        • Norwegian Nynorsk: far
        • Norwegian Bokmål: far

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        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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        far

        1. second-person singular imperative active of fara

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        Inherited from Latin facere.

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        far

        1. to do
          • c. 1130, Jaufre Rudel, canso:
            Dieus que fetz tot qunt ve ni vai / E formet sest'amor de lonh / Mi don poder [...].
            God, who makes everything that comes or goes and who created this distant love, give me power.

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        Old Swedish

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        From (eastern) Old Norse *fāʀ (Old West Norse fær), from Proto-Germanic *fahaz.

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        fār n

        1. sheep

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        Declension of fār (strong a-stem)
        neuter singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative fār fārit fār fārin
        accusative fār fārit fār fārin
        dative fāri, fāre fārinu, fāreno fārum, fārom fārumin, fāromen
        genitive fārs fārsins fāra fāranna

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        Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese far, derived from Latin fāre.

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        • Hyphenation: far

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        far (first-person singular present fo, first-person singular preterite fei, past participle fado)

        1. obsolete form of fazer

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        See Appendix:Portuguese verbs.

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            Conjugation of far (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
        Singular Plural
        First-person
        (eu)         		Second-person
        (tu)         		Third-person
        (ele / ela / você)         		First-person
        (nós)         		Second-person
        (vós)         		Third-person
        (eles / elas / vocês)
        Infinitive
        Impersonal far
        Personal far fares far farmos fardes farem
        Gerund
        fando
        Past participle
        Masculine fado fados
        Feminine fada fadas
        Indicative
        Present fo fas fa famos fais fam
        Imperfect fava favas fava fávamos fáveis favam
        Preterite fei faste fou famos1, fámos2 fastes faram
        Pluperfect fara faras fara fáramos fáreis faram
        Future farei farás fará faremos fareis farão
        Conditional faria farias faria faríamos faríeis fariam
        Subjunctive
        Present fe fes fe femos feis fem
        Imperfect fasse fasses fasse fássemos fásseis fassem
        Future far fares far farmos fardes farem
        Imperative
        Affirmative fa fe femos fai fem
        Negative (não) não fes não fe não femos não feis não fem

        1Brazilian Portuguese.
        2European Portuguese.

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        Romanian

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        Etymology

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        Borrowed from Latin Pharus, French phare.

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        far n (plural faruri)

        1. lighthouse
        2. (figuratively) beacon
        3. car headlight

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        singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative-accusative far farul faruri farurile
        genitive-dative far farului faruri farurilor
        vocative farule farurilor

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        Inherited from Late Latin fāre.

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        far (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader)

        1. to do
        2. to make

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            Conjugation of far (Sursilvan)
        infinitive far
        gerund fagend
        past participle fatg
        singular plural
        1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
        indicative jeu ti el/ella nus vus els/ellas
        present fetschel fas fa fagein fageis fan
        imperfect favel favas fava favan favas favan
        future vegnel a far vegns a far vegn a far vegnin a far vegnis a far vegnan a far
        conditional jeu ti el/ella nus vus els/ellas
        direct present fagess fagesses fagess fagessen fagesses fagessen
        indirect present fagessi fagessies fagessi fagessien fagessies fagessien
        direct future vegness a far vegnesses a far vegness a far vegnessen a far vegnesses a far vegnessen a far
        indirect future vegnessi a far vegnessies a far vegnessi a far vegnessien a far vegnessies a far vegnessien a far
        subjunctive che jeu che ti ch'el/ch'ella che nus che vus ch'els/ch'ellas
        present fetschi fetschies fetschi fageien fageies fetschien
        past fevi fevies fevi fevien fevies fevien
        future vegni a far vegnies a far vegni a far vegnîen a far vegnîes a far vegnien a far
        imperative — ti — — vus —
        fai fagei
            Conjugation of far (Grischun)
        infinitive far
        gerund faschond
        past participle fatg
        singular plural
        1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
        indicative jeu ti el/ella nus vus els/ellas
        present fatsch fas fa faschain faschais fan
        imperfect fascheva faschevas fascheva faschevan faschevas faschevan
        future vegnel a far vegns a far vegn a far vegnin a far vegnis a far vegnan a far
        conditional jeu ti el/ella nus vus els/ellas
        present faschess faschesses faschess faschessen faschesses faschessen
        future vegness a far vegnesses a far vegness a far vegnessen a far vegnesses a far vegnessen a far
        subjunctive che jeu che ti ch'el/ch'ella che nus che vus ch'els/ch'ellas
        present fetschia fetschias fetschia fetschian fetschias fetschian
        future vegni a far vegnies a far vegni a far vegnîen a far vegnîes a far vegnien a far
        imperative — ti — — vus —
        fa faschai

        Scottish Gaelic

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        Etymology 1

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        Possibly from Middle Irish i fail i (“in place in which, where”) from Old Irish fail (“place, where”) or baile (“place”), perhaps with dissimilation in early modern forms like a bhal a bhfuil > *a bhar a bhfuil or influenced by mar (“as, like”), related to Irish mar (“where”).

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        far

        1. where (relative/non-interrogative)
          Bha e cunnartach far an robh am balach ag iasgach. ― It was dangerous where the boy was fishing.

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        • R. A. Breatnach (1973), “The relative adverb mar a”, in Celtica, volume 10, pages 167–170: “As regards Sc. far a, all I can suggest is that the initial f- is possibly to be referred to the /v-/ variants instanced among the M.Ir. forms of baile i listed above. But fail may be a more likely influence;”
        • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 fail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
        • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 baile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
        • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “? 1 bail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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        Clipping of de bhàrr.

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        far (+ genitive)

        1. (down) from, off
          thuit e far eich ― he fell off a horse
          far na h-àirighe ― down from the shieling

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        1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[2], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 148
        2. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 813
        3. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 259
        4. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[3], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 168
        5. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 192
        6. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 108
        7. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 225

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        Etymology

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        Uncertain. Sense 2 was probably an early borrowing from Old Nubian ⲡⲁⲣ (par, “to write”).

        Cognate with Rendille far (“finger”), Baiso fer (“finger”), Afar feera (“finger”), also Oromo farramuu (“to sign”), Afar farriime (“to send a message”), feerise (“to write”). Compare also Jiiddu faraatim (“ring”).

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        far f (plural faro m)

        1. finger
        2. script, handwriting
        3. pen
          Synonym: qalin

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        far (causative fari, passive faran, middle faro)

        1. (transitive) send, give a message

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        Conjugation of far
        Infinitive fari
        present participle farid
        simple independent
        present past future past
        singular
        1st faraa faray fari doonaa faray
        2nd fartaa fartay fari doontaa fartay
        3rd faraa faray fari doonaa far
        fartaa fartay fari doontaa fartay
        plural
        1st farnaa farnay fari doonnaa farnay
        2nd fartaan farteen fari doontaan farte
        3rd faraan fareen fari doonaan fare

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        • “far”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaaliga, 2012

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        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): /ˈfaɾ/ [ˈfaɾ]
        • Rhymes: -aɾ
        • Syllabification: far

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        far (first-person singular present fo, first-person singular preterite fe, past participle fado)

        1. obsolete form of hacer

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            Conjugation of far (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
        infinitive far
        gerund fando
        past participle masculine feminine
        singular fado fada
        plural fados fadas
        singular plural
        1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
        indicative yo tú
        vos         		él/ella/ello
        usted         		nosotros
        nosotras         		vosotros
        vosotras         		ellos/ellas
        ustedes
        present fo fas fa famos fais fan
        imperfect faba fabas faba fábamos fabais faban
        preterite fe faste fo famos fasteis faron
        future faré farás fará faremos faréis farán
        conditional faría farías faría faríamos faríais farían
        subjunctive yo tú
        vos         		él/ella/ello
        usted         		nosotros
        nosotras         		vosotros
        vosotras         		ellos/ellas
        ustedes
        present fe fes fe femos feis fen
        imperfect
        (ra)         		fara faras fara fáramos farais faran
        imperfect
        (se)         		fase fases fase fásemos faseis fasen
        future1 fare fares fare fáremos fareis faren
        imperative — tú
        vos         		usted nosotros
        nosotras         		vosotros
        vosotras         		ustedes
        affirmative fa fe femos fad fen
        negative no fes no fe no femos no feis no fen

        1Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.

            Selected combined forms of far

        These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

        singular plural
        1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
        with infinitive far dative farme farte farle, farse farnos faros farles, farse
        accusative farme farte farlo, farla, farse farnos faros farlos, farlas, farse
        with gerund fando dative fándome fándote fándole, fándose fándonos fándoos fándoles, fándose
        accusative fándome fándote fándolo, fándola, fándose fándonos fándoos fándolos, fándolas, fándose
        with informal second-person singular tuteo/voseo imperative fa dative fame fate fale fanos not used fales
        accusative fame fate falo, fala fanos not used falos, falas
        with formal second-person singular imperative fe dative feme not used fele, fese fenos not used feles
        accusative feme not used felo, fela, fese fenos not used felos, felas
        with first-person plural imperative femos dative not used fémoste fémosle fémonos fémoos fémosles
        accusative not used fémoste fémoslo, fémosla fémonos fémoos fémoslos, fémoslas
        with informal second-person plural imperative fad dative fadme not used fadle fadnos faos fadles
        accusative fadme not used fadlo, fadla fadnos faos fadlos, fadlas
        with formal second-person plural imperative fen dative fenme not used fenle fennos not used fenles, fense
        accusative fenme not used fenlo, fenla fennos not used fenlos, fenlas, fense
            Conjugation of farse (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
        infinitive farse
        gerund fándose
        past participle masculine feminine
        singular fado fada
        plural fados fadas
        singular plural
        1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
        personal non-finite yo tú
        vos         		él/ella/ello
        usted         		nosotros
        nosotras         		vosotros
        vosotras         		ellos/ellas
        ustedes
        infinitive farme farte farse farnos faros farse
        gerund fándome fándote fándose fándonos fándoos fándose
        indicative yo tú
        vos         		él/ella/ello
        usted         		nosotros
        nosotras         		vosotros
        vosotras         		ellos/ellas
        ustedes
        present me fo te fas se fa nos famos os fais se fan
        imperfect me faba te fabas se faba nos fábamos os fabais se faban
        preterite me fe te faste se fo nos famos os fasteis se faron
        future me faré te farás se fará nos faremos os faréis se farán
        conditional me faría te farías se faría nos faríamos os faríais se farían
        subjunctive yo tú
        vos         		él/ella/ello
        usted         		nosotros
        nosotras         		vosotros
        vosotras         		ellos/ellas
        ustedes
        present me fe te fes se fe nos femos os feis se fen
        imperfect
        (ra)         		me fara te faras se fara nos fáramos os farais se faran
        imperfect
        (se)         		me fase te fases se fase nos fásemos os faseis se fasen
        future1 me fare te fares se fare nos fáremos os fareis se faren
        imperative — tú
        vos         		usted nosotros
        nosotras         		vosotros
        vosotras         		ustedes
        affirmative fate fese fémonos faos fense
        negative no te fes no se fe no nos femos no os feis no se fen

        1Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.

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        Swedish

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        Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
        Wikipedia sv

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        Etymology 1

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        Short for fader, from Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”).

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        far c

        1. father
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        Declension of far
        nominative genitive
        singular indefinite far fars
        definite fadern faderns
        plural indefinite fäder fäders
        definite fäderna fädernas
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        Etymology 2

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        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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        far

        1. inflection of fara:
          1. imperative
          2. present indicative

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        Short for farled.

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        far n

        1. (nautical, Finland) short for farled

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        Etymology 1

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        Borrowed from French phare.

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        far (definite accusative farı, plural farlar)

        1. headlight

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        Borrowed from French fard.

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        far (definite accusative farı, plural farlar)

        1. eye shadow
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        Declension of far
        singular plural
        nominative far farlar
        definite accusative farı farları
        dative fara farlara
        locative farda farlarda
        ablative fardan farlardan
        genitive farın farların
        Possessive forms
        nominative
        singular plural
        1st singular farım farlarım
        2nd singular farın farların
        3rd singular farı farları
        1st plural farımız farlarımız
        2nd plural farınız farlarınız
        3rd plural farları farları
        definite accusative
        singular plural
        1st singular farımı farlarımı
        2nd singular farını farlarını
        3rd singular farını farlarını
        1st plural farımızı farlarımızı
        2nd plural farınızı farlarınızı
        3rd plural farlarını farlarını
        dative
        singular plural
        1st singular farıma farlarıma
        2nd singular farına farlarına
        3rd singular farına farlarına
        1st plural farımıza farlarımıza
        2nd plural farınıza farlarınıza
        3rd plural farlarına farlarına
        locative
        singular plural
        1st singular farımda farlarımda
        2nd singular farında farlarında
        3rd singular farında farlarında
        1st plural farımızda farlarımızda
        2nd plural farınızda farlarınızda
        3rd plural farlarında farlarında
        ablative
        singular plural
        1st singular farımdan farlarımdan
        2nd singular farından farlarından
        3rd singular farından farlarından
        1st plural farımızdan farlarımızdan
        2nd plural farınızdan farlarınızdan
        3rd plural farlarından farlarından
        genitive
        singular plural
        1st singular farımın farlarımın
        2nd singular farının farlarının
        3rd singular farının farlarının
        1st plural farımızın farlarımızın
        2nd plural farınızın farlarınızın
        3rd plural farlarının farlarının
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        Etymology

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        Inherited from Late Latin fāre.

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        far

        1. (transitive) to do, to make; to act, operate
        2. (transitive) to study

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        far (genitive fara, plural fars)

        1. lighthouse

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        Declension of far
        Singular Plural
        Nominative far fars
        Genitive fara faras
        Dative fare fares
        Accusative fari faris
        Predicative1 faru farus
        Vocative o far o fars
        1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

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