fæ

See also: fae, FAE, Appendix:Variations of "fa", and Appendix:Variations of "fe"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse fé (“cattle, property”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu, cognate with Norwegian Bokmål fe, Swedish fä, English fee, Dutch vee, and German Vieh. The Germanic noun goes back to Proto-Indo-European *péḱu (“livestock”), cf. Latin pecū (“farm animals”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛˀ]

Noun

fæ n (singular definite fæet, plural indefinite fæ)

1. fool, blockhead
2. (dated) livestock

Declension

Declension of fæ

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fæ	fæet	fæ	fæene
genitive	fæs	fæets	fæs	fæenes

Derived terms

• folk og fæ

Further reading

• “fæ” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “fæ” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fé (“cattle, sheep; property, money”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛaː/

Noun

fæ n (genitive singular fíggjar, uncountable)

1. cattle, livestock
2. riches, richness, property, goods, money

Declension

n34	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fæ	-	-	-
Accusative	fæ	-	-	-
Dative	fæ/ fæi	-	-	-
Genitive	fíggjar	-	-	-

Synonyms

• (cattle, livestock): neyt, fenaður
• (richness, property): ríkidømi, ognir, eyður, góðs, peningur

Derived terms

• fíggjar-

Icelandic

Etymology

See fá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaiː/

Verb

fæ

1. first-person singular present indicative of fá

Ligurian

Verb

fæ

1. inflection of fâ:
   1. second-person singular/second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural present subjunctive
   3. second-person plural imperative
2. (obsolete) inflection of fâ:
   1. second-person singular future indicative
   2. first-person singular/third-person singular present conditional

Old Norse

Verb

fæ

1. first-person singular present active indicative of fá