farn

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Old Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

farn n

  1. fern

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Dutch: varen

References[edit]

  • “farn”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

farn m

  1. fern

Descendants[edit]

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

farn m

  1. fern

Descendants[edit]

Plautdietsch[edit]

Adjective[edit]

farn

  1. smart, intelligent

Tarifit[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

farn (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴰⵔⵏ)

  1. (transitive) to sort
  2. (transitive) to select
  3. (transitive) to peel, to prune, to clean, to remove impurities (from plants)
  4. (transitive) to delouse

Conjugation[edit]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms[edit]

  • Verbal noun: afran (“sorting, selecting”)

Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

farn

  1. Soft mutation of barn (“opinion”).

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
barn farn marn unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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