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See also: Farn

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *farn. Compare Old English fearn and Old Saxon farn.

Noun

farn n

fern

Inflection

Declension of farn (neuter a-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	farn	farn
accusative	farn	farn
genitive	farnes	farno
dative	farne	farnon

Descendants

Middle Dutch: varen
- Dutch: varen
  - Afrikaans: varing

References

“farn”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Alternative forms

faran, faram

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *farn, whence also Old English fearn.

Noun

farn m

fern

Descendants

Middle High German: varn, varm, farn, farm
- German: Farn, Farm
- Luxembourgish: Far

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *farn, whence also Old English fearn.

Noun

farn m

fern

Descendants

Middle Low German: varn, varne, varen
- German Low German: Farn

Plautdietsch

Adjective

farn

smart, intelligent

Tarifit

Alternative forms

fren

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber. Cognate with Tashelhit frn.

Pronunciation

(Nador) IPA^(key): [fan]
Syllabification: farn
Rhymes: -an

Verb

farn (verbal noun afran, Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴰⵔⵏ) (ergative)

to sort
to clean; to remove impurities
1. to prune, to trim
2. to weed, to hoe
3. to pick (the teeth)
4. to delouse

Conjugation

Conjugation of farn

		aorist	perfective	negative perfective	imperfective	negative imperfective
participle		ifarnen	ifarnen	yefrinen	ifarrnen	ifarrnen

		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
aorist	m	farneɣ	tfarned	ifarn	nfarn	tfarnem	farnen
aorist	f	farneɣ	tfarned	tfarn	nfarn	tfarnent	farnent
perfective	m	farneɣ	tfarned	ifarn	nfarn	tfarnem	farnen
perfective	f	farneɣ	tfarned	tfarn	nfarn	tfarnent	farnent
negative perfective	m	frineɣ	tefrined	yefrin	nefrin	tefrinem	frinen
negative perfective	f	frineɣ	tefrined	tefrin	nefrin	tefrinent	frinent
imperfective	m	farrneɣ	tfarrned	ifarren	nfarren	tfarrnem	farrnen
imperfective	f	farrneɣ	tfarrned	tfarren	nfarren	tfarrnent	farrnent
negative imperfective	m	farrneɣ	tfarrned	ifarren	nfarren	tfarrnem	farrnen
negative imperfective	f	farrneɣ	tfarrned	tfarren	nfarren	tfarrnent	farrnent

aorist imperative	m		farn			farnem, farnet
aorist imperative	f		farn			farnent
imperfective imperative	m		farren			farrnem, farrnet
imperfective imperative	f		farren			farrnent

injunctive	m				nfarnet
injunctive	f				nfarnent

References

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /varn/

Noun

farn

soft mutation of barn (“opinion”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *barn*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
barn	farn	marn	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.