morfar
Danish
Alternative forms
- morfader
Etymology
From Old Norse móðurfaðir (“mother's father”).
Noun
morfar c (singular definite morfaren, plural indefinite morfædre)
- grandfather (maternal grandfather)
- (informal) nap
- 2013, Lone Kühlmann, I medgang og medgang, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
- Det kunne være en hæmsko, men det kunne også være en fordel. Min historielærer „LilleJensen“ og jeg kunne have lange diskussioner om aktuelle samfundsrelevante emner, mens resten af klassen tog sig en morfar – dengang hed det en lur – ligesom jeg var langt forud for de fleste andre, når det handlede om litteratur, både moderne og klassisk.
- It could be an obstacle, but it could also be an advantage. My history teacher, "LilleJensen" and I could have long discussions on topics relevant to society while the rest of my class took a nap – back then it was called a snooze – just as I was far ahead of most of the others with respect to literature, both modern and classical.
- 2012, Charlotte Højlund, Moar!: Sådan får du hvilepuls i hverdagen, Rosinante & Co, →ISBN:
- Når så den anden står op, kan den første tage en morfar på sofaen.
- And then when the other gets up, the first can take a nap on the couch.
- 2012, Britt Tippins, Der er ingen steder at græde her, Art People, →ISBN, page 18:
- ... fordi det aldrig Var meningen, at den skulle indeholde noget Værdifuldt. Blandt meget andet opbevarer jeg håndcreme i små prøvestørrelser, tyggegummi, en pincet, neglelakfjerner, en øjenmaske til når jeg tager en hurtig morfar på sofaen, ...
- ... because it was never meant to contain anything valuable. Among many other things, I keep hand lotion in small samples, chewing gum, a tweezer, nail polish remover, an eye mask for when I take a quick nap on the couch, ...
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Inflection
Declension of morfar
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | morfar | morfaren | morfædre | morfædrene |
| genitive | morfars | morfarens | morfædres | morfædrenes |
Synonyms
- (nap): lur, skraber
Hypernyms
- (grandfather): bedstefar, bessefar (informal)
- (nap):: søvn
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse móðurfaðir (“mother's father”), mor + far.
Noun
morfar m (definite singular morfaren, indefinite plural morfedre, definite plural morfedrene)
- a mother's father; maternal grandfather
References
- “morfar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From mor + far.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /¹murfaːr/
- (children) IPA(key): /¹mufːa/
Noun
morfar m (definite singular morfaren, indefinite plural morfedrar, definite plural morfedrane)
- maternal grandfather
See also
- mormor
- farfar
- farmor
- godfar, bestefar
- godmor, bestemor
References
- “morfar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Verb
morfar (first-person singular present morfo, first-person singular preterite morfei, past participle morfado)
- (Portugal, informal) to eat
- Synonym: comer
Conjugation
Conjugation of morfar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | morfar | |||||
| Personal | morfar | morfares | morfar | morfarmos | morfardes | morfarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| morfando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | morfado | morfados | ||||
| Feminine | morfada | morfadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | morfo | morfas | morfa | morfamos | morfais | morfam |
| Imperfect | morfava | morfavas | morfava | morfávamos | morfáveis | morfavam |
| Preterite | morfei | morfaste | morfou | morfamos1, morfámos2 | morfastes | morfaram |
| Pluperfect | morfara | morfaras | morfara | morfáramos | morfáreis | morfaram |
| Future | morfarei | morfarás | morfará | morfaremos | morfareis | morfarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| morfaria | morfarias | morfaria | morfaríamos | morfaríeis | morfariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | morfe | morfes | morfe | morfemos | morfeis | morfem |
| Imperfect | morfasse | morfasses | morfasse | morfássemos | morfásseis | morfassem |
| Future | morfar | morfares | morfar | morfarmos | morfardes | morfarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | morfa | morfe | morfemos | morfai | morfem | |
| Negative (não) | não morfes | não morfe | não morfemos | não morfeis | não morfem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
From French morfer (“to eat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moɾˈfaɾ/ [moɾˈfaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: mor‧far
Verb
morfar (first-person singular present morfo, first-person singular preterite morfé, past participle morfado)
- (Argentina and Uruguay, Rioplatense, Lunfardo) Gobble, scoff, scarf (to eat voraciously)
- 1930, Enrique Santos Discépolo (lyrics), “Yira, Yira”, performed by Carlos Gardel:
- Buscando ese mango / Que te haga morfar...
- Looking for that money / That lets you eat...
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- (Argentina and Uruguay, soccer, slang) to hog the ball
Conjugation
Conjugation of morfar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | morfar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | morfando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | morfado | morfada | |||||
| plural | morfados | morfadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | morfo | morfastú morfásvos | morfa | morfamos | morfáis | morfan | |
| imperfect | morfaba | morfabas | morfaba | morfábamos | morfabais | morfaban | |
| preterite | morfé | morfaste | morfó | morfamos | morfasteis | morfaron | |
| future | morfaré | morfarás | morfará | morfaremos | morfaréis | morfarán | |
| conditional | morfaría | morfarías | morfaría | morfaríamos | morfaríais | morfarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | morfe | morfestú morfésvos2 | morfe | morfemos | morféis | morfen | |
| imperfect (ra) | morfara | morfaras | morfara | morfáramos | morfarais | morfaran | |
| imperfect (se) | morfase | morfases | morfase | morfásemos | morfaseis | morfasen | |
| future1 | morfare | morfares | morfare | morfáremos | morfareis | morfaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | morfatú morfávos | morfe | morfemos | morfad | morfen | ||
| negative | no morfes | no morfe | no morfemos | no morféis | no morfen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “morfar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse móðurfaðir (“mother's father”), mor + far.
Pronunciation
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Noun
morfar c
- a mother's father; maternal grandfather
Declension
| Declension of morfar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | morfar | morfadern | morfäder | morfäderna |
| Genitive | morfars | morfaderns | morfäders | morfädernas |
Anagrams
- farmor, formar