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Translingual

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fer

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

English

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fer

  1. (dialectal, especially British) Pronunciation spelling of for.
    • 1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:
      “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. They watch it all th' time b'cause they know blame well there ain't hardly room fer their feet fer th' pikers an' tin-horns an' thimble-riggers what are layin' fer 'em. […]”
    • 1957 January 18, Sally, quoting a villager, “For Ladies Only …”, in Mt. Vernon Register-News, volume XXXVII, number 93, Mount Vernon, Ill., →OCLC, page 7, column 5:
      This mornin’ she rails out at me fer dunkin’ my cooky and she says COFFEE IS FER SIPPIN’ AND NOT FER SAUCERIN’ . . .
    • 1997, J.K. Rowling, chapter IV, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone:
      ‘Got summat fer yeh here – I mighta sat on it at some point, but it’ll taste all right.’

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See also

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terms containing the word "fer", but etymologically unrelated

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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From Latin facere.

Verb

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fer

  1. to do

Conjugation

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Conjugation of fer (second conjugation, irregular)
infinitive fer
gerund fendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular feito feita
plural feitos feitas
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative yo tú él nusatros
nusatras 		vusatros
vusatras 		ellos/els
ellas
present foi fas fa femos fez fan
imperfect feba, febe febas feba febanos febaz feban
preterite fice, facié fices, faciés fizo, fació ficemos, faciemos ficez, faciez fizon, facioron
future faré, feré farás, ferás fará, ferá faremos, feremos faré, ferez farán, ferán
conditional faría, fería farías, ferías faría, fería faríanos, feríanos faríaz, feríaz farían, ferían
subjunctive yo tú él nusatros
nusatras 		vusatros
vusatras 		ellos/els
ellas
present faga, faiga, faya fagas, faigas, fayas faga, faiga, faya fagamos, faigamos, fayamos fagaz, faigaz, fayaz fagan, faigan, fayan
imperfect fese feses fese fesenos fesez fesen
imperative — tú — — vusatros
vusatras 		—
— fe — — fez —

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin facere.

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Verb

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fer (first-person singular present faig, first-person singular preterite fiu, past participle fet)

  1. to make, produce
    Fer vinagre. ― To make vinegar.
    Aquesta terra fa molt bon blat. ― This land produces very good wheat.
    Quatre i quatre fan vuit. ― Four and four make eight.
    Fer d'un enemic un aliat. ― To turn an enemy into an ally.
    Fer olor de roses. ― To smell of rose.
    Fer pudor de porcs. ― To stink of pig.
    (idiomatic) Fer bondat ― to behave, to comply with one's duty (an idiom, literally to make goodness)
    (idiomatic) Fer figa ― to fail to achieve an expected result (an idiom, literally to make fig)
  2. to make up
    Els jubilats fan un quart de la població. ― Retired people make up a quarter of the population.
  3. to do, to cause to be done
  4. to make do
  5. to give
    El primer marit li va fer dos fills. ― Her first husband gave her two sons.
    Feu-me mig quilo de formatge. ― Give me half a kilo of cheese.
    Fes-me un petó! ― Kiss me!
  6. to lay
    La canària ha fet un ou. ― The canary has laid an egg.
  7. to cause
  8. (auxiliary) to make (someone) (do something), that is auxiliary verb to form the causative together with an infinitive
    em van fer tornar a buscar el rebut ― they made me go back to get the receipt
    l'has feta plorar ― you made her cry
  9. to go
  10. (impersonal, of weather) to be
    Fa fred! ― It is cold!
    Fa calor! ― It is hot!
    Fa vent! ― It is windy!
  11. to play
  12. to measure
Conjugation
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    Conjugation of fer (second conjugation, irregular)
infinitive fer
gerund fent
past participle masculine feminine
singular fet feta
plural fets fetes
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present faig fas fa fem feu fan
imperfect feia feies feia fèiem fèieu feien
future faré faràs farà farem fareu faran
preterite fiu feres feu férem féreu feren
conditional faria faries faria faríem faríeu farien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present faci facis faci fem feu facin
imperfect fes fessis fes féssim féssiu fessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — fes faci fem feu facin
negative (no) — no facis no faci no fem no feu no facin

Balearic uses fais for the second person plural form in the present indicative instead of feu.

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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Latin ferus (compare Occitan fèr, French fier, Spanish fiero), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-.

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Adjective

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fer (feminine fera, masculine plural fers, feminine plural feres)

  1. wild (untamed, not domesticated)
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Faroese

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fer

  1. third-person singular present of fara

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French fer, from Old French fer, from Latin ferrum.

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fer m (plural fers)

  1. iron
  2. horseshoe; steel tip
  3. (golf) iron
  4. iron (appliance)
  5. (in the plural, archaic) irons, fetters

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Descendants

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  • Antillean Creole: fè
  • Haitian Creole: fè
  • Karipúna Creole French: fé
  • Louisiana Creole: fèr, fè

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Hunsrik

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Etymology

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Compare Pennsylvania German fer, German für and English for.

Preposition

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fer

  1. for

Further reading

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  • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “fer”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Icelandic

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fer

  1. inflection of fara:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. third-person singular present indicative

Latin

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fer

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of for

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Verb

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fer

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of ferō

Manx

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Etymology

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    From Old Irish fer, from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.

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    Noun

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    fer m (plural fir)

    1. man
      Cha nel mee lowal rish y fer aeg shen. ― I do not approve of that young man.
    2. one (modified by an adjective or demonstrative, referring to an object or animal)
      Ta fer jiarg aym. ― I have a red one [e.g. chair].
      Ta mee fakin kiare fir ghlassey. ― I see four green ones [e.g. birds].
      By vie lhiam yn fer shen. ― I would like that one [e.g. toy].
    3. used as a dummy noun to support a number, referring to a person, object or animal
      Ta fer ennagh ayns shoh laccal dy akin oo. ― There's a fellow here who wants to see you.
      Ta fer aym. ― I have one [e.g. chair].
      Ta mee fakin kiare fir. ― I see four [e.g. birds].

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    Mutation

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    Mutation of fer
    radical lenition eclipsis
    fer er ver

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

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    Mauritian Creole

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    Etymology

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    From French faire.

    Verb

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    fer (medial form fer)

    1. To make
    2. To do

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    Middle English

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    Etymology

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      From Old English feorr, from Proto-Germanic *ferrai.

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      fer

      1. far, distant
        • a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “General Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, line 493:
          Wide was hys pariſſhe, & houſes ferre a ſondre […]
          Wide was his parish, and houses far asunder […]

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      Middle French

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      Etymology

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      From Old French fer.

      Noun

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      fer m (plural fers)

      1. iron (metal)
      2. (by extension) (iron) sword

      Descendants

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      • French: fer (see there for further descendants)

      Middle Irish

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      Etymology

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        From Old Irish fer, from Primitive Irish *ᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄ (*viras), from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.

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        Noun

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        fer m (genitive fir, nominative plural fir)

        1. man

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        • c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 2, line 13:
          In fer no·t⟨h⟩ēged iarsint ṡligi do·bered in n-aēl isin coiri, ocus a·taibred din chētgabāil, iss ed no·ithed.
          Each man who came along the way would put the flesh-fork into the cauldron, and whatever he got at the first taking, it was that which he ate. (literally, “The man who…”)

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        Mutation

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        Mutation of fer
        radical lenition nasalization
        fer ḟer fer
        pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

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

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        Norman

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        Norman Wikipedia has an article on:
        Wikipedia nrf

        Alternative forms

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        • faer (Guernsey)
        • fé (France, Jersey)

        Etymology

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        From Old French fer, from Latin ferrum.

        Noun

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        fer m (uncountable)

        1. (Sark) iron

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        Verb

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        fer

        1. present of fara

        Occitan

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        Verb

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        fer

        1. alternative form of faire

        Conjugation

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            Lengadocian (Central Occitan)
        simple compound
        infinitive fer aver fach
        gerund fasent use gerund of aver + past participle
        past participle fach —
        person singular plural
        first second third first second third
        indicative ieu tu el nosautres vosautres eles
        present fau fas fa fasèm fasètz fan
        imperfect fasiái fasiás fasiá fasiam fasiatz fasián
        preterite farai faràs farà farem faretz faràn
        future faguèri faguères faguèt faguèrem faguèretz faguèron
        conditional fariái fariás fariá fariam fariatz farián
        conditional 2nd form1
        compound
        tenses         		present perfect use the present tense of aver + past participle
        pluperfect use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
        past anterior use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
        future perfect use the future tense of aver + past participle
        conditional perfect use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
        subjunctive que ieu que tu que el que nosautres que vosautres que eles
        present faga fagas faga fagam fagatz fagan
        imperfect faguèsse faguèsses faguèsse faguèssem faguèssetz faguèsson
        compound
        tenses         		past use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
        pluperfect use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
        imperative — tu — nosautres vosautres —
        fai fagam fasètz 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

        Old English

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        fer n (Vespasian Psalter Mercian, late Kentish)

        1. alternative form of fær (“way”)
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        Strong a-stem:

        singular plural
        nominative fer fearu
        accusative fer fearu
        genitive feres feara
        dative fere fearum

        (Vespasian Psalter Mercian)

        Strong a-stem:

        singular plural
        nominative fer faru
        accusative fer faru
        genitive feres fara
        dative fere farum

        (late Kentish)

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        fēr m (Anglian, late Kentish)

        1. alternative form of fǣr (“danger”)
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        Strong a-stem:

        singular plural
        nominative fēr fēras
        accusative fēr fēras
        genitive fēres fēra
        dative fēre fērum

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        Verb

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        fēr

        1. singular imperative of fēran

        Old French

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        Etymology 1

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        From Latin ferrum.

        Noun

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        fer oblique singular, m (oblique plural fers, nominative singular fers, nominative plural fer)

        1. iron (metal)
        2. (by extension) sword (made of iron)
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        • Middle French: fer
          • French: fer (see there for further descendants)
        • Norman: fé (France, Jersey), faer (Guernsey), fer (Sark)
        • Walloon: fier

        Etymology 2

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        From Latin ferum, accusative of ferus (“wild”).

        Adjective

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        fer m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fere)

        1. cruel; harsh
        2. fierce; ferocious
          • c. 1120, Philippe de Taon, Bestiaire:
            Quatre pez ad la beste, e mult est de fer estre
            Four feet has the beast, and it is of a very ferocious nature
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        Case masculine feminine neuter
        singular subject fers fere fer
        oblique fer fere fer
        plural subject fer feres fer
        oblique fers feres fer
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        Old High German

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        Etymology

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        From West Proto-Germanic *ferrai, whence also Old English feorr.

        Adjective

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        fer

        1. remote

        Adverb

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        fer

        1. far

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        • Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen

        Old Irish

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        Etymology 1

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          From Primitive Irish *ᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄ (*viras), from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognates include Latin vir, Sanskrit वीर (vīrá) and Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂 (wair).

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          fer m (genitive fir, nominative plural fir)

          1. man
          2. husband
            • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 22c10
              Is bés trá dosom aní-siu cosc inna mban i tossug et a tabairt fo chumacte a feir, armbat irlamu de ind ḟir fo chumacte Dǽi, co·mbí íarum coscitir ind ḟir et do·airbertar fo réir Dǽ.
              This, then, is a custom of his, to correct the wives at first and to bring them under the power of their husbands, so that the husbands may be the readier under God’s power, so that afterwards the husbands are corrected and bowed down in subjection to God.
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          Masculine o-stem
          singular dual plural
          nominative fer ferL firL
          vocative fir ferL firuH
          accusative ferN ferL firuH
          genitive firL fer ferN
          dative fiurL feraib feraib
          Initial mutations of a following adjective:
          • H = triggers aspiration
          • L = triggers lenition
          • N = triggers nasalization
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          Etymology 2

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          See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

          Verb

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          fer

          1. second-person singular imperative of feraid

          Verb

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          ·fer

          1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of feraid

          Mutation

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          Mutation of fer
          radical lenition nasalization
          fer ḟer fer
          pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/

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

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          Verb

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          fer

          1. first-person singular present active indicative of fara

          Old Saxon

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          Etymology 1

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          From Proto-Germanic *ferro, an old comparative form.

          Adverb

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          fer

          1. far
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          Etymology 2

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          From Proto-Germanic *ferro.

          Adjective

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          fer

          1. far
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          Declension of fer
          Strong declension
          singular plural
          masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
          nominative fer fer fer ferre ferru ferre
          accusative ferrana fer ferra ferre ferru ferre
          genitive ferres ferres ferraro ferrarō ferrarō ferrarō
          dative ferrumu ferrumu ferraro ferrum ferrum ferrum
          Weak declension
          singular plural
          masculine neuter feminine
          nominative ferro ferra ferra ferru
          accusative ferrun ferra ferrun ferrun
          genitive ferrun ferrun ferrun ferronō
          dative ferrun ferrun ferrun ferrum

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          Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Altsächsisches Wörterbuch‎[1] (in German), 5th edition

          Pennsylvania German

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          Etymology

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          Compare German für, Dutch voor, English for, Hunsrik fer.

          Preposition

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          fer

          1. for

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          fer m

          1. iron

          Romanian

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          Noun

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          fer n (plural feare)

          1. alternative form of fier

          Declension

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          singular plural
          indefinite definite indefinite definite
          nominative-accusative fer ferul feare fearele
          genitive-dative fer ferului feare fearelor
          vocative ferule fearelor

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          fer (Puter)

          1. alternative form of far (“to do; to make”)

          Scots

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          fer (comparative ferther, superlative ferthest)

          1. (Southern Scots) far

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          Serbo-Croatian

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          Etymology

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          Borrowed from English fair.

          Pronunciation

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          Adjective

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          fer (Cyrillic spelling фер)

          1. fair

          Adverb

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          fer (Cyrillic spelling фер)

          1. fairly

          Spanish

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          Pronunciation

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          • IPA(key): /ˈfeɾ/ [ˈfeɾ]
          • Rhymes: -eɾ
          • Syllabification: fer

          Verb

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          fer (first-person singular present fo, first-person singular preterite fi, past participle fido)

          1. obsolete form of hacer

          Conjugation

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              Conjugation of fer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
          infinitive fer
          gerund fiendo
          past participle masculine feminine
          singular fido fida
          plural fidos fidas
          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 fes fe femos feis fen
          imperfect fía fías fía fíamos fíais fían
          preterite fi fiste fio fimos fisteis fieron
          future feré ferás ferá feremos feréis ferán
          conditional fería ferías fería feríamos feríais ferían
          subjunctive yo tú
          vos           		él/ella/ello
          usted           		nosotros
          nosotras           		vosotros
          vosotras           		ellos/ellas
          ustedes
          present fa fas fa famos fais fan
          imperfect
          (ra)           		fiera fieras fiera fiéramos fierais fieran
          imperfect
          (se)           		fiese fieses fiese fiésemos fieseis fiesen
          future1 fiere fieres fiere fiéremos fiereis fieren
          imperative — tú
          vos           		usted nosotros
          nosotras           		vosotros
          vosotras           		ustedes
          affirmative fe fa famos fed fan
          negative no fas no fa no famos no fais no fan

          1Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.

              Selected combined forms of fer

          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 fer dative ferme ferte ferle, ferse fernos feros ferles, ferse
          accusative ferme ferte ferlo, ferla, ferse fernos feros ferlos, ferlas, ferse
          with gerund fiendo dative fiéndome fiéndote fiéndole, fiéndose fiéndonos fiéndoos fiéndoles, fiéndose
          accusative fiéndome fiéndote fiéndolo, fiéndola, fiéndose fiéndonos fiéndoos fiéndolos, fiéndolas, fiéndose
          with informal second-person singular tuteo/voseo imperative fe dative feme fete fele fenos not used feles
          accusative feme fete felo, fela fenos not used felos, felas
          with formal second-person singular imperative fa dative fame not used fale, fase fanos not used fales
          accusative fame not used falo, fala, fase fanos not used falos, falas
          with first-person plural imperative famos dative not used fámoste fámosle fámonos fámoos fámosles
          accusative not used fámoste fámoslo, fámosla fámonos fámoos fámoslos, fámoslas
          with informal second-person plural imperative fed dative fedme not used fedle fednos feos fedles
          accusative fedme not used fedlo, fedla fednos feos fedlos, fedlas
          with formal second-person plural imperative fan dative fanme not used fanle fannos not used fanles, fanse
          accusative fanme not used fanlo, fanla fannos not used fanlos, fanlas, fanse

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          Pronunciation

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          Adjective

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          fer

          1. soft mutation of ber (“short”)

          Mutation

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          Mutated forms of ber
          radical soft nasal aspirate
          ber fer mer unchanged

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

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