fant
See also: Fant
Manx
Verb
fant
- past participle of fann
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fant | ant | vant |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
fant
- simple past of finne
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fant/
- (Trøndelag) IPA(key): /faɲt͡ʂ/
Noun
fant m (definite singular fanten, indefinite plural fantar, definite plural fantane)
- vagabond, tramp
- (ethnic slur, often offensive) the same as tater (a kind of Norwegian Gypsies)
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Pfand, from Middle High German phant, from Old High German phant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fant/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ant
- Syllabification: fant
Noun
fant m inan
- (colloquial) security, deposit (item temporarily relinquished to guarantee something)
- (colloquial) thingy, widget, gizmo (unspecified object)
- (slang, especially thieves' cant, chiefly in the plural) loot (stolen item)
- 1999, Małgorzata Karpińska, Złodzieje, agenci, policyjni strażnicy: przestępstwa pospolite w Warszawie 1815-1830, Wyd. Dig:
- Złodzieje w przypadku zagrożenia lub raczej przedstawiciele „proletariatu złodziejskiego” chronili się jak włóczędzy w licznych jeszcze wtedy ruinach pałaców. Tam też odnajdywano niekiedy skradzione „fanty”.
- Thieves, in case of emergency, or rather representatives of the "thieves' proletariat" protected themselves like vagabons in the numerous ruins of the castle. Sometimes one could also find there stolen "loot".
- 2015 June 8, Jarosław Ruszkiewicz, Syndrom Everetta: Ulysses, Drageus, →ISBN:
- Skradziony fant miał trafić w jego ręce i to była szansa, żeby przyłapać go wreszcie na gorącym uczynku.
- The stolen loot was supposed to end up in his hands there was a chance to catch him im the act.
- 2020 December 23, Krzysztof Beśka, Wieczorny seans, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
- Dwa celne ciosy wystarczyły, żeby złodziej, obok juchy, puścił też farbę. Po fanty komisarz musiał się jednak pofatygować nieco dalej.
- Two successful hits were enough for the thief, next to his scoundrel, spilled the beans. The commissioner had to work a little harder for his loot.
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Declension
Declension of fant
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fant | fanty |
| genitive | fantu | fantów |
| dative | fantowi | fantom |
| accusative | fant | fanty |
| instrumental | fantem | fantami |
| locative | fancie | fantach |
| vocative | fancie | fanty |
Derived terms
adjective
- fantowy
Further reading
- fant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- fant in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Slovene
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian fante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fánt/
Noun
fȁnt m anim
- boy (a young, unmarried male)
- boyfriend
- jack, knave (in a card game)
Inflection
| Masculine anim., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | fànt | ||
| gen. sing. | fánta | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) | fànt | fánta | fántje fánti |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) | fánta | fántov | fántov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) | fántu | fántoma | fántom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) | fánta | fánta | fánte |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) | fántu | fántih | fántih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) | fántom | fántoma | fánti |
See also
| Playing cards in Slovene · igralne karte (layout · text) | ||||||
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| as, enka | dvojka | trojka | štirka, štirica | petka, petica | šestka, šestica | sedemka, sedmica |
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| osmica | devetka, devetica | desetka, desetica | fant | kraljica, dama | kralj | joker |
Further reading
- “fant”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran