fer

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Symbol

fer

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Feroge.

English

Pronunciation

• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /fə(ɹ)/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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Preposition

fer

1. (dialectal, especially British) Pronunciation spelling of for.
   • 1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:

     “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. They watch it all th' time b'cause they know blame well there ain't hardly room fer their feet fer th' pikers an' tin-horns an' thimble-riggers what are layin' fer 'em. […]”

   • 1957 January 18, Sally, quoting a villager, “For Ladies Only …”, in Mt. Vernon Register-News, volume XXXVII, number 93, Mount Vernon, Ill., →OCLC, page 7, column 5:

     This mornin’ she rails out at me fer dunkin’ my cooky and she says COFFEE IS FER SIPPIN’ AND NOT FER SAUCERIN’ . . .

   • 1997, J.K. Rowling, chapter IV, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone:

     ‘Got summat fer yeh here – I mighta sat on it at some point, but it’ll taste all right.’

Derived terms

• fer instance
• gofer
• o-fer

See also

terms containing the word "fer", but etymologically unrelated

• attack au fer
• fer-de-lance
• fer-de-moline
• martel de fer
• prise de fer

References

• “fer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• REF, RFE, Ref, Ref., erf, ref

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin facere.

Verb

fer

1. to do

Conjugation

Conjugation of fer (second conjugation, irregular)

infinitive			fer
gerund			fendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		feito		feita
		plural		feitos		feitas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	foi	fas	fa	femos	fez	fan
	imperfect	feba, febe	febas	feba	febanos	febaz	feban
	preterite	fice, facié	fices, faciés	fizo, fació	ficemos, faciemos	ficez, faciez	fizon, facioron
	future	faré, feré	farás, ferás	fará, ferá	faremos, feremos	faré, ferez	farán, ferán
	conditional	faría, fería	farías, ferías	faría, fería	faríanos, feríanos	faríaz, feríaz	farían, ferían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	faga, faiga, faya	fagas, faigas, fayas	faga, faiga, faya	fagamos, faigamos, fayamos	fagaz, faigaz, fayaz	fagan, faigan, fayan
	imperfect	fese	feses	fese	fesenos	fesez	fesen
imperative		—	tú	—	—	vusatros vusatras	—
		—	fe	—	—	fez	—

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin facere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfe]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfeɾ]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Verb

fer (first-person singular present faig, first-person singular preterite fiu, past participle fet)

1. to make, produce

   Fer vinagre. ― To make vinegar.

   Aquesta terra fa molt bon blat. ― This land produces very good wheat.

   Quatre i quatre fan vuit. ― Four and four make eight.

   Fer d'un enemic un aliat. ― To turn an enemy into an ally.

   Fer olor de roses. ― To smell of rose.

   Fer pudor de porcs. ― To stink of pig.

   (idiomatic) Fer bondat ― to behave, to comply with one's duty (an idiom, literally to make goodness)

   (idiomatic) Fer figa ― to fail to achieve an expected result (an idiom, literally to make fig)

2. to make up

   Els jubilats fan un quart de la població. ― Retired people make up a quarter of the population.

3. to do, to cause to be done
4. to make do
5. to give

   El primer marit li va fer dos fills. ― Her first husband gave her two sons.

   Feu-me mig quilo de formatge. ― Give me half a kilo of cheese.

   Fes-me un petó! ― Kiss me!

6. to lay

   La canària ha fet un ou. ― The canary has laid an egg.

7. to cause
8. (auxiliary) to make (someone) (do something), that is auxiliary verb to form the causative together with an infinitive

   em van fer tornar a buscar el rebut ― they made me go back to get the receipt

   l'has feta plorar ― you made her cry

9. to go
10. (impersonal, of weather) to be

    Fa fred! ― It is cold!

    Fa calor! ― It is hot!

    Fa vent! ― It is windy!

11. to play
12. to measure

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fer (second conjugation, irregular)

infinitive			fer
gerund			fent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fet		feta
		plural		fets		fetes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	faig	fas	fa	fem	feu	fan
	imperfect	feia	feies	feia	fèiem	fèieu	feien
	future	faré	faràs	farà	farem	fareu	faran
	preterite	fiu	feres	feu	férem	féreu	feren
	conditional	faria	faries	faria	faríem	faríeu	farien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	faci	facis	faci	fem	feu	facin
	imperfect	fes	fessis	fes	féssim	féssiu	fessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	fes	faci	fem	feu	facin
	negative (no)	—	no facis	no faci	no fem	no feu	no facin

Balearic uses fais for the second person plural form in the present indicative instead of feu.

Derived terms

• a fer la mà
• a preu fet
• bufar i fer ampolles
• desfer
• fer acte de presència
• fer així
• fer banyes
• fer bondat
• fer caput
• fer cinc cèntims
• fer com
• fer costat
• fer el pes
• fer el préssec
• fer el salt
• fer figa
• fer fora
• fer front
• fer malbé
• fer nyam
• fer olor
• fer servir
• fer veure
• fer-se
• pel que fa a
• quefer
• refer
• si fa no fa
• tal faràs, tal trobaràs

Related terms

• fa
• fet
• feta

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin ferus (compare Occitan fèr, French fier, Spanish fiero), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈfer]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈfe]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfeɾ]

Adjective

fer (feminine fera, masculine plural fers, feminine plural feres)

1. wild (untamed, not domesticated)

Derived terms

• enfereir-se
• fera
• feram
• ferament
• feredat
• ferejar
• feresa
• porc fer

Related terms

• feral
• ferest
• feréstec
• ferí
• ferotge

Further reading

• “fer”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “fer”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “fer” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fer” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feːɹ/
• Homophone: ferð

Verb

fer

1. third-person singular present of fara

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French fer, from Old French fer, from Latin ferrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛʁ/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Paris)):

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• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Homophones: fers, faire

Noun

fer m (plural fers)

1. iron
2. horseshoe; steel tip
3. (golf) iron
4. iron (appliance)
5. (in the plural, archaic) irons, fetters

Derived terms

• âge fer
• battre le fer tant qu'il est chaud
• bras de fer
• chapel de fer
• chemin de fer
• croire dur comme fer
• croiser le fer
• croix de bois, croix de fer, si je mens, je vais en enfer
• de fer
• fer à cheval
• fer à friser
• fer à repasser
• fer à souder
• fer de lance
• ferraille
• fil de fer
• les quatre fers en l'air
• main de fer
• marquer au fer rouge
• rideau de fer
• sentiment du fer

Descendants

• Antillean Creole: fè
• Haitian Creole: fè
• Karipúna Creole French: fé
• Louisiana Creole: fèr, fè

Further reading

• “fer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hunsrik

Etymology

Compare Pennsylvania German fer, German für and English for.

Preposition

fer

1. for

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “fer”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Icelandic

Verb

fer

1. inflection of fara:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person singular present indicative

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfɛr]

Etymology 1

Verb

fer

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of for

Etymology 2

Verb

fer

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ferō

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish fer, from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fer/

Noun

fer m (plural fir)

1. man

   Cha nel mee lowal rish y fer aeg shen. ― I do not approve of that young man.

2. one (modified by an adjective or demonstrative, referring to an object or animal)

   Ta fer jiarg aym. ― I have a red one [e.g. chair].

   Ta mee fakin kiare fir ghlassey. ― I see four green ones [e.g. birds].

   By vie lhiam yn fer shen. ― I would like that one [e.g. toy].

3. used as a dummy noun to support a number, referring to a person, object or animal

   Ta fer ennagh ayns shoh laccal dy akin oo. ― There's a fellow here who wants to see you.

   Ta fer aym. ― I have one [e.g. chair].

   Ta mee fakin kiare fir. ― I see four [e.g. birds].

Synonyms

• dooinney

Derived terms

• ard-er
• fer ynsee

Mutation

Mutation of fer

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fer	er	ver

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French faire.

Verb

fer (medial form fer)

1. To make
2. To do

Derived terms

• kifer

Middle English

Alternative forms

• feor, for, fur, feer, ver, veir, far

Etymology

From Old English feorr, from Proto-Germanic *ferrai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛr/

Adjective

fer

1. far, distant
   • a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “General Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, line 493:

     Wide was hys pariſſhe, & houſes ferre a ſondre […]

     Wide was his parish, and houses far asunder […]

Derived terms

• ferforth
• ferforthly

Descendants

• English: far
• Scots: faur
• Yola: var

References

• “fer, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French fer.

Noun

fer m (plural fers)

1. iron (metal)
2. (by extension) (iron) sword

Descendants

• French: fer (see there for further descendants)

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fer, from Primitive Irish *ᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄ (*viras), from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸʲeɾ/

Noun

fer m (genitive fir, nominative plural fir)

1. man

Quotations

• c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 2, line 13:

  In fer no·t⟨h⟩ēged iarsint ṡligi do·bered in n-aēl isin coiri, ocus a·taibred din chētgabāil, iss ed no·ithed.

  Each man who came along the way would put the flesh-fork into the cauldron, and whatever he got at the first taking, it was that which he ate. (literally, “The man who…”)

Derived terms

• ferchuitred

Descendants

• Irish: fear
• Manx: fer
• Scottish Gaelic: fear

Mutation

Mutation of fer

radical	lenition	nasalization
fer	ḟer	fer pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Norman

Norman Wikipedia has an article on:

nrf:fé

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Alternative forms

• faer (Guernsey)
• fé (France, Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French fer, from Latin ferrum.

Noun

fer m (uncountable)

1. (Sark) iron

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

fer

1. present of fara

Occitan

Verb

fer

1. alternative form of faire

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		fer			aver fach
gerund		fasent			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		fach			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	fau	fas	fa	fasèm	fasètz	fan
	imperfect	fasiái	fasiás	fasiá	fasiam	fasiatz	fasián
	preterite	farai	faràs	farà	farem	faretz	faràn
	future	faguèri	faguères	faguèt	faguèrem	faguèretz	faguèron
	conditional	fariái	fariás	fariá	fariam	fariatz	farián
	conditional 2nd form1
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	faga	fagas	faga	fagam	fagatz	fagan
	imperfect	faguèsse	faguèsses	faguèsse	faguèssem	faguèssetz	faguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			fai		fagam	fasètz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Old English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fer/

Noun

fer n (Vespasian Psalter Mercian, late Kentish)

1. alternative form of fær (“way”)

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	fer	fearu
accusative	fer	fearu
genitive	feres	feara
dative	fere	fearum

(Vespasian Psalter Mercian)

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	fer	faru
accusative	fer	faru
genitive	feres	fara
dative	fere	farum

(late Kentish)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feːr/

Noun

fēr m (Anglian, late Kentish)

1. alternative form of fǣr (“danger”)

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	fēr	fēras
accusative	fēr	fēras
genitive	fēres	fēra
dative	fēre	fērum

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feːr/

Verb

fēr

1. singular imperative of fēran

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin ferrum.

Noun

fer oblique singular, m (oblique plural fers, nominative singular fers, nominative plural fer)

1. iron (metal)
2. (by extension) sword (made of iron)

Descendants

• Middle French: fer
  • French: fer (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: fé (France, Jersey), faer (Guernsey), fer (Sark)
• Walloon: fier

Etymology 2

From Latin ferum, accusative of ferus (“wild”).

Adjective

fer m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fere)

1. cruel; harsh
2. fierce; ferocious
   • c. 1120, Philippe de Taon, Bestiaire:

     Quatre pez ad la beste, e mult est de fer estre

     Four feet has the beast, and it is of a very ferocious nature

Declension

	Case	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	subject	fers	fere	fer
	oblique	fer			fere	fer
plural	subject	fer	feres		fer
	oblique	fers			feres	fer

Alternative forms

• fier

Descendants

• Middle French: fier
  • French: fier
• → Middle English: fer
  • English: fere
• → Middle English: fers (from the nominative singular fers)
  • English: fierce
  • Yola: fearse

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (fier)
• fer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Old High German

Etymology

From West Proto-Germanic *ferrai, whence also Old English feorr.

Adjective

fer

1. remote

Adverb

fer

1. far

References

• Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸʲeɾ/

Etymology 1

From Primitive Irish *ᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄ (*viras), from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognates include Latin vir, Sanskrit वीर (vīrá) and Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂 (wair).

Noun

fer m (genitive fir, nominative plural fir)

1. man
2. husband
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 22^c10

     Is bés trá dosom aní-siu cosc inna mban i tossug et a tabairt fo chumacte a feir, armbat irlamu de ind ḟir fo chumacte Dǽi, co·mbí íarum coscitir ind ḟir et do·airbertar fo réir Dǽ.

     This, then, is a custom of his, to correct the wives at first and to bring them under the power of their husbands, so that the husbands may be the readier under God’s power, so that afterwards the husbands are corrected and bowed down in subjection to God.

Declension

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	fer	ferL	firL
vocative	fir	ferL	firuH
accusative	ferN	ferL	firuH
genitive	firL	fer	ferN
dative	fiurL	feraib	feraib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• oínḟer

Descendants

• Middle Irish: fer
  • Irish: fear
  • Manx: fer
  • Scottish Gaelic: fear

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fer

1. second-person singular imperative of feraid

Verb

·fer

1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of feraid

Mutation

Mutation of fer

radical	lenition	nasalization
fer	ḟer	fer pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/

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

Old Norse

Verb

fer

1. first-person singular present active indicative of fara

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• ferr, ferro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛr/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *ferro, an old comparative form.

Adverb

fer

1. far

Descendants

• Middle Low German: verre

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *ferro.

Adjective

fer

1. far

Declension

Declension of fer

Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative	fer	fer	fer	ferre	ferru	ferre
accusative	ferrana	fer	ferra	ferre	ferru	ferre
genitive	ferres	ferres	ferraro	ferrarō	ferrarō	ferrarō
dative	ferrumu	ferrumu	ferraro	ferrum	ferrum	ferrum
Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative	ferro	ferra	ferra	ferru
accusative	ferrun	ferra	ferrun	ferrun
genitive	ferrun	ferrun	ferrun	ferronō
dative	ferrun	ferrun	ferrun	ferrum

References

Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Altsächsisches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), 5th edition

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German für, Dutch voor, English for, Hunsrik fer.

Preposition

fer

1. for

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛr/

Noun

fer m

1. iron

Romanian

Noun

fer n (plural feare)

1. alternative form of fier

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	fer	ferul		feare	fearele
genitive-dative	fer	ferului		feare	fearelor
vocative	ferule			fearelor

Romansch

Verb

fer (Puter)

1. alternative form of far (“to do; to make”)

Scots

Alternative forms

• fere, ferr

Pronunciation

• (Hawick) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛr/

Adjective

fer (comparative ferther, superlative ferthest)

1. (Southern Scots) far

Derived terms

• fer ahint
• fer away
• fer ben
• fer sichty (“far-sighted”)
• ferness (“farness”)
• ferrer (“farther”)
• ferrest (“farthest”)
• ferther (“farther”)
• ferthest (“farthest”)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English fair.

Adjective

fer (Cyrillic spelling фер)

1. fair

Adverb

fer (Cyrillic spelling фер)

1. fairly

Spanish

Verb

fer

1. obsolete spelling of hacer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			fer
gerund			fiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fido		fida
		plural		fidos		fidas
		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	fo	fes	fe	femos	feis	fen
	imperfect	fía	fías	fía	fíamos	fíais	fían
	preterite	fi	fiste	fio	fimos	fisteis	fieron
	future	feré	ferás	ferá	feremos	feréis	ferán
	conditional	fería	ferías	fería	feríamos	feríais	ferían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fa	fas	fa	famos	fais	fan
	imperfect (ra)	fiera	fieras	fiera	fiéramos	fierais	fieran
	imperfect (se)	fiese	fieses	fiese	fiésemos	fieseis	fiesen
	future1	fiere	fieres	fiere	fiéremos	fiereis	fieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		fe	fa	famos	fed	fan
	negative		no fas	no fa	no famos	no fais	no fan

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.

    Selected combined forms of fer

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive fer	dative	ferme	ferte	ferle, ferse	fernos	feros	ferles, ferse
	accusative	ferme	ferte	ferlo, ferla, ferse	fernos	feros	ferlos, ferlas, ferse
with gerund fiendo	dative	fiéndome	fiéndote	fiéndole, fiéndose	fiéndonos	fiéndoos	fiéndoles, fiéndose
	accusative	fiéndome	fiéndote	fiéndolo, fiéndola, fiéndose	fiéndonos	fiéndoos	fiéndolos, fiéndolas, fiéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo/voseo imperative fe	dative	feme	fete	fele	fenos	not used	feles
	accusative	feme	fete	felo, fela	fenos	not used	felos, felas
with formal second-person singular imperative fa	dative	fame	not used	fale, fase	fanos	not used	fales
	accusative	fame	not used	falo, fala, fase	fanos	not used	falos, falas
with first-person plural imperative famos	dative	not used	fámoste	fámosle	fámonos	fámoos	fámosles
	accusative	not used	fámoste	fámoslo, fámosla	fámonos	fámoos	fámoslos, fámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative fed	dative	fedme	not used	fedle	fednos	feos	fedles
	accusative	fedme	not used	fedlo, fedla	fednos	feos	fedlos, fedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative fan	dative	fanme	not used	fanle	fannos	not used	fanles, fanse
	accusative	fanme	not used	fanlo, fanla	fannos	not used	fanlos, fanlas, fanse

Further reading

• “fer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛr/
• Rhymes: -ɛr

Adjective

fer

1. soft mutation of ber (“short”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ber

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ber	fer	mer	unchanged

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