frá

frá

See also: fra, Fra, FRA, frå, fra-, and fra.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frauː/
• Rhymes: -auː

Preposition

frá

1. (with dative) from, away from, about

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bíta frá sér
• dag frá degi (from one day to the next)
• fara frá
• frá morgni til kvölds (from morning to evening)
• segja frá (to tell about)

• upp frá því (from then on)
• vera ekki frá því að
• vera frá, koma frá (to come from, to be from, to hail from)
• vera frá sér (to be out of one's mind)

Adverb

frá

1. (adverbial form of preposition, used in compounds)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• héðan í frá (from now on)
• til og frá (to and fro)

• út í frá (among strangers)
• vera af og frá (to be out of the question)

Anagrams

• fár

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *fram (“from”), from Proto-Germanic *promo- (“forth, forward”). Cognate with Old English fram, Old Saxon fram, Old Dutch fram-, Old High German fram, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼 (fram).

Preposition

frá

1. (with dative) from, away from, about

Adverb

frá (not comparable)

1. away
2. hence, henceforth
3. secondly, next

Descendants

• Icelandic: frá
• Faroese: frá
• Old Swedish: frā
  • Westrobothnian: frå, fra
  • ⇒ Old Swedish: frān
    • Swedish: från
    • Westrobothnian: frånn, frönn
• Danish: fra
• Elfdalian: frą̊
• Norwegian: fra, frå
• → Old English: fra
  • Middle English: fra, fro
    • English: fro
    • Scots: frae, fra, fro, fae

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

frá

1. singular indicative past tense of fregna