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

Etymology

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

Noun

farn m

  1. fern

Descendants

Old Saxon

Etymology

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

Noun

farn m

  1. fern

Descendants

Plautdietsch

Adjective

farn

  1. smart, intelligent

Tarifit

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Verb

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

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

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

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.

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