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Translingual

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Etymology

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Clipping of English Fataleka with r as a placeholder.

Symbol

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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)

  1. 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.
  2. Remote in time.
    the far far future
  3. 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
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. (programming, not comparable) Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
    far heap; far memory; far pointer
Usage notes
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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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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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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.

Noun

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far (uncountable)

  1. 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.

Noun

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far m

  1. lighthouse

Catalan

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Etymology

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Derived from Latin pharus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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far m (plural fars)

  1. (Troyen, Rémois) iron

References

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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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Noun

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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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Verb

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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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Noun

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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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      Noun

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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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      Noun

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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)

      1. obsolete form of facer

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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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      Noun

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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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      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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      References

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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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      Noun

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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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      Italian

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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 *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]

        Noun

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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

        Declension

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

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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.

        Maltese

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

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          far m (plural firien or fariet, female equivalent fara)

          1. rat
            Synonym: ġurdien
          2. Y-shaped frame of a slingshot
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          Etymology 2

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            Inherited from Arabic فارَ (fāra).

            Verb

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            far (imperfect jfur, verbal noun fawran)

            1. to overflow
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            Conjugation of far (Form I, hollow, a ~ u)
            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
            negative forms
            singular plural
            1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
            perfect m fortx fortx farx forniex fortux farux
            f faritx
            imperfect m nfurx tfurx jfurx nfurux tfurux jfurux
            f tfurx
            imperative tfurx tfurux

            Mauritian Creole

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            Etymology

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            From French phare.

            Noun

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            far

            1. lighthouse
            2. (automotive) headlight, headlamp

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            • Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 99
            • Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 345

            Middle English

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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.

            Noun

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

            1. father
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            Verb

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            far

            1. imperative of fare

            Norwegian Nynorsk

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            Pronunciation

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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.

            Noun

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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.

            Noun

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

            1. trace, track
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            Verb

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            far

            1. imperative of fara

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            Occitan

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            Noun

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            far m (plural fars)

            1. (nautical) lighthouse

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            Verb

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            far

            1. alternative form of faire

            Old English

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            far

            1. singular imperative of faran

            Old High German

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            Etymology 1

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

              Noun

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              far m

              1. steer
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              Etymology 2

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                From Proto-West Germanic *far, from Proto-Germanic *farą.

                Noun

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                far n

                1. (nautical) passage, channel
                2. harbour, port
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                • Middle High German: var
                  • German: Fahr (obsolete)
                  • Luxembourgish: Fuer

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                Determiner

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                far

                1. alternative form of for

                Old Norse

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                Etymology 1

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

                  Noun

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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
                  • Norn: far
                  • Norwegian Nynorsk: far
                  • Norwegian Bokmål: far
                  • Old Swedish: far

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                  See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

                  Verb

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                  far

                  1. second-person singular imperative active of fara

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                  Old Occitan

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                  Alternative forms

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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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                  Etymology

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

                  Noun

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                  fār n

                  1. sheep

                  Declension

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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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                  Polish

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                  Etymology

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                    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

                    Pronunciation

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                    • IPA(key): /ˈfar/
                    • Rhymes: -ar
                    • Syllabification: far

                    Noun

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                    far f

                    1. genitive plural of fara

                    Portuguese

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                    Etymology

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

                    Pronunciation

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                    • Hyphenation: far

                    Verb

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

                    1. obsolete form of fazer

                    Usage notes

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                    See Appendix:Portuguese verbs.

                    Conjugation

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                    Réunion Creole French

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                    Etymology 1

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                    From French phare.

                    Noun

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                    far

                    1. lighthouse
                    2. (automotive) headlight, headlamp
                    3. (automotive) high-beam

                    Etymology 2

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                    From French fard (“makeup”).

                    Noun

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                    far

                    1. lipstick

                    References

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                    • Armand, Alain (1987), Dictionnaire Kréol rénioné/Français [Reunionese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Océan Éditions, →ISBN, page 95

                    Romanian

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                    Etymology

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                    Borrowed from Latin Pharus, French phare.

                    Pronunciation

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                    Noun

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                    far n (plural faruri)

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

                    Declension

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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

                    Romansh

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                    Alternative forms

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                    Etymology

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                    Inherited from Late Latin fāre.

                    Verb

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

                    1. to do
                    2. to make

                    Conjugation

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                    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”).

                    Pronunciation

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                    Adverb

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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.

                    References

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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

                    Etymology 2

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                    Clipping of de bhàrr.

                    Alternative forms

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                    Preposition

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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

                    References

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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

                    Somali

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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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                    Noun

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                    far f (plural faro m)

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

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                    Verb

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                    far (causative fari, passive faran, middle faro)

                    1. (transitive) send, give a message

                    References

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

                    Spanish

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                    Pronunciation

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

                    Verb

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

                    1. obsolete form of hacer

                    Conjugation

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                    This conjugation may be incorrect.

                    Further reading

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                    Swedish

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                    Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
                    Wikipedia sv

                    Pronunciation

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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”).

                    Noun

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                    far c

                    1. father
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                    Etymology 2

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                    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

                    Verb

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                    far

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

                    Etymology 3

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                    Short for farled.

                    Noun

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                    far n

                    1. (nautical, Finland) short for farled

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                    Anagrams

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                    Turkish

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                    Etymology 1

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                      Borrowed from French phare.

                      Noun

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                      far (definite accusative farı, plural farlar)

                      1. headlight

                      Etymology 2

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                        Borrowed from French fard.

                        Noun

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                        far (definite accusative farı, plural farlar)

                        1. eye shadow
                        Declension
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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
                        Synonyms
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                        Venetan

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                        Etymology

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                        Inherited from Late Latin fāre.

                        Verb

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                        far

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

                        Volapük

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                        Etymology

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                        (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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                        Noun

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                        far (genitive fara, plural fars)

                        1. lighthouse

                        Declension

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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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                        Further reading

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                        • “far”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)