far-

far-

See also: far, Far, fár, får, and fær

Manx

Prefix

far-

1. pseudo-, mock, fake

Derived terms

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Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
far-	ar-	var-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *firi-, *fur-, *fra- (“away, far”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑr/

Prefix

far-

1. forming verbs from verbs with various senses especially ‘wrongly, away from, astray, abstention, prohibition, perversion, destruction’

   farbiodan (“to forbid, prohibit”)

   farwerthan (“to perish, die”)

   farswerian (“to forswear”)

2. used to create intensified adjectives and verbs from other adjectives and verbs, with the sense of completely or fully. Compare Modern English use of up

   farbrekan (“to violate”)

   farswindan (“to disappear”)

   fargeƀan (“to forgive”)

3. very

   farwurht (“a very evil deed”)

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Scottish Gaelic

Prefix

far-

1. additional, extra

Derived terms

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