fara

See also: FARA, Fara, fára, fará, farà, fãrã, fără, fårå, and fɑra

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian фа́ра (fára, “headlight”), which in its turn is a borrowing from French phare with the same meaning, ultimately from Ancient Greek φάρος (pháros).

Noun

fara

headlight (on the front of a motor vehicle)

Declension

Declension of fara

nominative	fara
genitive	faranıñ
dative	farağa
accusative	faranı
locative	farada
ablative	faradan

References

Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech

Noun

fara f

parsonage, presbytery

Derived terms

farář m
farnost f
farník m

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fara, from Proto-Germanic *faraną, from Proto-Indo-European *por- (“going, passage”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛaːɹa/
Rhymes: -ɛaːɹa

Verb

fara (third person singular past indicative fór, third person plural past indicative fóru, supine farið)

to go, to travel

Conjugation

Conjugation of fara (group v-55)
infinitive	fara
supine	farið
participle (a26)¹	farandi	farin
	present	past
first singular	fari	fór
second singular	fert	fórt
third singular	fer	fór
plural	fara	fóru
	imperative
singular	far!
plural	farið!
¹Only the past participle being declined.

Hausa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fàː.ɽáː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɸàː.ɽáː]

Noun

fā̀rā f (plural fā̀rāi, possessed form fā̀rar̃)

locust, grasshopper

Hungarian

Etymology

far (“buttocks”) +‎ -a (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfɒrɒ]
Hyphenation: fa‧ra

Noun

fara

third-person singular single-possession possessive of far

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	fara	—
accusative	farát	—
dative	farának	—
instrumental	farával	—
causal-final	faráért	—
translative	farává	—
terminative	faráig	—
essive-formal	faraként	—
essive-modal	farául	—
inessive	farában	—
superessive	farán	—
adessive	faránál	—
illative	farába	—
sublative	farára	—
allative	farához	—
elative	farából	—
delative	faráról	—
ablative	farától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	faráé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	faráéi	—

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfaːra/
Rhymes: -aːra

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fara, from Proto-Germanic *faraną, from Proto-Indo-European *por- (“going, passage”).

Verb

fara (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative fór, third-person plural past indicative fóru, supine farið)

to go, to leave
Ég fór út í búð og keypti brauð.
I went to the store and bought bread.
Ég er að fara.
I am leaving.

Usage notes

One peculiar property of the verb [að] fara ("[to] go") is that it can be repeated ad infinitum, as að fara also means "to be about to [be going to]...". For example:
Ég er að fara að fara.
I'm about to go.
Ég er að fara að fara að fara.
I'm about to be going to go.
Ég er að fara að fara að fara að fara.
I'm about to be going to be going to go.
and it can be repeated ad nauseam. This is comparable to the English word that.

Conjugation

fara — active voice (germynd)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að fara
supine (sagnbót)		farið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		farandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég fer	við förum	present (nútíð)	ég fari	við förum
	þú ferð	þið farið		þú farir	þið farið
	hann, hún, það fer	þeir, þær, þau fara		hann, hún, það fari	þeir, þær, þau fari

past (þátíð)	ég fór	við fórum	past (þátíð)	ég færi	við færum
	þú fórst	þið fóruð		þú færir	þið færuð
	hann, hún, það fór	þeir, þær, þau fóru		hann, hún, það færi	þeir, þær, þau færu

imperative (boðháttur)	far (þú)	farið (þið)
	farðu	fariði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

farast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að farast
supine (sagnbót)		farist
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		farandist the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég ferst	við förumst	present (nútíð)	ég farist	við förumst
	þú ferst	þið farist		þú farist	þið farist
	hann, hún, það ferst	þeir, þær, þau farast		hann, hún, það farist	þeir, þær, þau farist

past (þátíð)	ég fórst	við fórumst	past (þátíð)	ég færist	við færumst
	þú fórst	þið fórust		þú færist	þið færust
	hann, hún, það fórst	þeir, þær, þau fórust		hann, hún, það færist	þeir, þær, þau færust

imperative (boðháttur)	farst (þú)	farist (þið)
	farstu	faristi *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

farinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
strong declension (sterk beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	farinn	farin	farið	farnir	farnar	farin
accusative (þolfall)	farinn	farna	farið	farna	farnar	farin
dative (þágufall)	förnum	farinni	förnu	förnum	förnum	förnum
genitive (eignarfall)	farins	farinnar	farins	farinna	farinna	farinna

weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
weak declension (veik beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	farni	farna	farna	förnu	förnu	förnu
accusative (þolfall)	farna	förnu	farna	förnu	förnu	förnu
dative (þágufall)	farna	förnu	farna	förnu	förnu	förnu
genitive (eignarfall)	farna	förnu	farna	förnu	förnu	förnu

Derived terms

för
fara af
farðu til fjandans!
farðu í rass!
farðu til helvítis!
verða að fara núna
verða að fara
fara að sofa
fara í
fara í kringum
fara á fætur
fara í sleik
fara versnandi
fara vægt í sakirnar
fara hægt í sakirnar
fara úr öskunni í eldinn
fara eins og eldur í sinu
fara eins og logi yfir akur
fara í kringum eins og köttur í kringum heitan graut
heimur versnandi fer
langförull
víðförull

Noun

fara n

indefinite genitive plural of far

Noun

fara f

indefinite genitive plural of för

Anagrams

afar

Iraqw

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Oromo lafee and Rendille laf, Somali laf, Afar lafa, Saho lafa, Jiiddu lafi[1].

Noun

fara f (plural fadu n or fadu' n)

bone

References

Mous, Maarten; Qorro, Martha; Kießling, Roland (2002) Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 25

Salim Alio Ibro (1998) English-Jiddu-Somali Mini-Dictionary, La Trobe University Language Center, →ISBN

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfˠaɾˠə/

Etymology 1

From early modern double preposition fa ré (“along with”), from fa and ré (from Old Irish fri).[1][2][3] Compare the Connacht form frae (“along with”) and freisin (“too, also”).

Preposition

fara (plus dative, triggers no mutation, before the definite article fairis)

(rare, Munster) along with, beside
(rare, Munster) in addition to
is beag fara leanbh atá ann
he is little more than a child
bacach fara bheith críonna
lame as well as being old

Inflection

Inflection of fara

Person	Normal	Emphatic
1st person sing.	faram	faramsa
2d person sing.	farat	faratsa
3d sing. masc.	fairis	fairis-sean
3d sing. fem.	farae	faraese
1st person pl.	farainn	farainne
2d person pl.	faraibh	faraibhse
3d person pl.	faru	farusan

Synonyms

frae (Connacht)

References

T. F. O’Rahilly (1941), “Introduction”, in Desiderius, otherwise called Sgáthán an chrábhaidh‎, Dublin, page xxxvi
Damian McManus (1994), “An Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach”, in Kim McCone, Damian McManus, Cathal Ó Háinle, Nicholas Williams, Liam Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, Maigh Nuad, →ISBN, §10.2, page 434
Seán Ua Súilleabháin (1994), “Gaeilge na Mumhan”, in Kim McCone, Damian McManus, Cathal Ó Háinle, Nicholas Williams, Liam Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, Maigh Nuad, →ISBN, §6.9, page 506

Etymology 2

From Old Irish forad (“elevated seat”). Doublet of foradh.

Noun

fara m (genitive singular fara, nominative plural faraí)

perch, roost
Alternative form of foradh

Declension

Declension of fara

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fara	faraí
Vocative	a fhara	a fharaí
Genitive	fara	faraí
Dative	fara	faraí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fara	na faraí
Genitive	an fhara	na bhfaraí
Dative	leis an bhfara don fhara	leis na faraí

Derived terms

ar an bhfara (“roosting”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fara	fhara	bhfara
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Pfarre, from Late Latin parochia, from Ancient Greek παροικία (paroikía).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfara/

Noun

fara f

manse, vicarage, parsonage, rectory

Declension

Declension of fara

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	fara	farje	fary
Genitive	fary	farowu	farow
Dative	farje	faroma	faram
Accusative	faru	farje	fary
Instrumental	faru	faroma	farami
Locative	farje	faroma	farach

Synonyms

fararnja

Derived terms

faraŕ
wufarowaś
zafarski

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fara, from Proto-Germanic *faraną, from Proto-Indo-European *por- (“going, passage”). Akin to English fare.

Alternative forms

fare (e infinitive)
fårå (dialectal)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²fɑːrɑ/

Verb

fara (present tense fer, past tense fór, supine fare, past participle faren, present participle farande, imperative far)

travel, go, drive
Kvar fer me no?
Where do we go now?
Eg må fara heimatt snarast mogleg. Når kjem bussen?
I need to travel back home as soon as possible. When the bus coming?
move fast; rush

Conjugation

Conjugation of fara — (strong class 6)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	fara, fare
present participle	farande
past participle	faren
supine	fare
singular	fer, ferer²	fór
plural¹	fara	foro
subjunctive	present	past
	fare	føre
imperative	present
singular	far
plural¹	fare

¹Rare today. ²Unofficial today.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːrɑ/

Noun

fara n

definite plural of far

References

“fara” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fērō, whence Old English fær, Old Norse fár.

Noun

fāra f

danger, peril
A trick

Descendants

German: Gefahr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *faraną.

Verb

fara (singular past indicative fór, plural past indicative fóru, past participle farit)

to fare, to travel
to kill

Conjugation

Conjugation of fara — active (strong class 6)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	fara
present participle	farandi
past participle	farinn
1st-person singular	fer	fór
2nd-person singular	ferr	fórt
3rd-person singular	ferr	fór
1st-person plural	fǫrum	fórum
2nd-person plural	farið	fóruð
3rd-person plural	fara	fóru
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	fara	fǿra
2nd-person singular	farir	fǿrir
3rd-person singular	fari	fǿri
1st-person plural	farim	fǿrim
2nd-person plural	farið	fǿrið
3rd-person plural	fari	fǿri
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	far
1st-person plural	fǫrum
2nd-person plural	farið

Conjugation of fara — mediopassive (strong class 6)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	farask
present participle	farandisk
past participle	farizk
1st-person singular	fǫrumk	fórumk
2nd-person singular	fersk	fórzk
3rd-person singular	fersk	fórsk
1st-person plural	fǫrumsk	fórumsk
2nd-person plural	farizk	fóruzk
3rd-person plural	farask	fórusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	fǫrumk	fǿrumk
2nd-person singular	farisk	fǿrisk
3rd-person singular	farisk	fǿrisk
1st-person plural	farimsk	fǿrimsk
2nd-person plural	farizk	fǿrizk
3rd-person plural	farisk	fǿrisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	farsk
1st-person plural	fǫrumsk
2nd-person plural	farizk

Descendants

Icelandic: fara
Faroese: fara
Norwegian Nynorsk: fara
Elfdalian: fårå
Westrobothnian: fera, fära, fɑra, fara, fåra
Old Swedish: fara
- Swedish: fara
Danish: fare
- Norwegian Bokmål: fare

References

“fara”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fara, from Proto-Germanic *faraną.

Verb

fara

to go, to travel

Conjugation

Conjugation of fara (strong)

active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	present			past
infinitive	fara			—
participle	farandi, farande			farin
iæk	far	fari, fare	—	fōr	fōri, fōre
þū	far	fari, fare	far	fōrt	fōri, fōre
han	far	fari, fare	—	fōr	fōri, fōre
vīr	farum, farom	farum, farom	farum, farom	fōrum, fōrom	fōrum, fōrom
īr	farin	farin	farin	fōrin	fōrin
þēr	fara	farin	—	fōru, -o	fōrin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	—	—	—	—	—
þū	—	—	—	—	—
han	—	—	—	—	—
vīr	—	—	—	—	—
īr	—	—	—	—	—
þēr	—	—	—	—	—

Descendants

Swedish: fara

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Pfarre.

Adjective

fȁra f (Cyrillic spelling фа̏ра)

(regional) parish, district
Synonym: župa

Spanish

Noun

fara f (plural faras)

Snake originating in Africa

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English far.

Adjective

fara

far

Synonyms

farawe

Antonyms

krosbei

Swahili

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Noun

fara (ma class, plural mafara)

Alternative form of fala

Swedish

Pronunciation

audio (file)

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish fara, from Old Norse fara, from Proto-Germanic *faraną, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“going, passage”).

Verb

fara (present far, preterite for, supine farit, imperative far)

to go, to travel

Conjugation

Conjugation of fara (class 6 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	fara		—
Supine	farit		—
Imperative	far		—
Imper. plural¹	faren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	far	for	—	—
Ind. plural¹	fara	foro	—	—
Subjunctive²	fare	fore	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	farande
Past participle	faren
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

åka (iväg)

Related terms

befara
erfara
förfara
genomfara
medvara
vederfara

Etymology 2

Jet engine air inlet on Saab 37 in the Swedish Air Force, marked 'fara', danger

From Middle Low German vāre, vār, from Old Saxon *fāra, fār, from Proto-Germanic *fērō (“danger”), whence Old English fær, Old Norse fár, German Gefahr.

Noun

fara c

a danger

Declension

Declension of fara
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fara	faran	faror	farorna
Genitive	faras	farans	farors	farornas

Related terms

farozon
livsfara

Anagrams

afar

Ternate

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfa.ɾa]

Noun

fara

a kind, type, category

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfa.ɾa]

Noun

fara

a birthmark

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfa.ɾa]

Verb

fara

(transitive) to separate

Conjugation

Conjugation of fara
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tofara	fofara	mifara
2nd	nofara	nifara
3rd	Masculine	ofara	ifara, yofara^†
Feminine	mofara
Neuter	ifara
† - archaic

References

Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Venda

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jípata.

Verb

fara

to hold

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [faː˧˧ zaː˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [faː˧˧ ʐaː˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [faː˧˧ ɹaː˧˧]
Phonetic: pha ra

Noun

fara

(physics) farad

Welsh

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈvara/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈvaːra/, /ˈvara/

Noun

fara

soft mutation of bara (“bread”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bara	fara	mara	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

[1] Salim Alio Ibro (1998) English-Jiddu-Somali Mini-Dictionary, La Trobe University Language Center, →ISBN

[O'Rahilly-2] T. F. O’Rahilly (1941), “Introduction”, in Desiderius, otherwise called Sgáthán an chrábhaidh‎, Dublin, page xxxvi

[3] Damian McManus (1994), “An Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach”, in Kim McCone, Damian McManus, Cathal Ó Háinle, Nicholas Williams, Liam Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, Maigh Nuad, →ISBN, §10.2, page 434

[4] Seán Ua Súilleabháin (1994), “Gaeilge na Mumhan”, in Kim McCone, Damian McManus, Cathal Ó Háinle, Nicholas Williams, Liam Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, Maigh Nuad, →ISBN, §6.9, page 506

fara

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Noun

Declension

References

Czech

Noun

Derived terms

Faroese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Hausa

Pronunciation

Noun

Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

Usage notes

Conjugation

Derived terms

Noun

Noun

Anagrams

Iraqw

Etymology

Noun

References

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Preposition

Inflection

Synonyms

References

Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Mutation

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Old High German

Etymology

Noun

Descendants

Old Norse

Etymology

Verb

Conjugation

Descendants

References

Old Swedish

Etymology

Verb