farn

See also: Farn

Old Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

farn n

1. 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

1. 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

1. fern

Descendants

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

Plautdietsch

Adjective

farn

1. smart, intelligent

Tarifit

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Verb

farn (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴰⵔⵏ)

1. (transitive) to sort
2. (transitive) to select
3. (transitive) to peel, to prune, to clean, to remove impurities (from plants)
4. (transitive) to delouse

Conjugation

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Derived terms

• Verbal noun: afran (“sorting, selecting”)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /varn/

Noun

farn

1. 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.