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ferja
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Faroese
Noun
ferja f (genitive singular ferju, plural ferjur)
Declension
Verb
ferja (third person singular past indicative ferjaði, third person plural past indicative ferjað, supine ferjað)
- to ferry
Conjugation
1Only the past participle being declined.
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Gothic
Romanization
ferja
- romanization of 𐍆𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
ferja f (genitive singular ferju, nominative plural ferjur)
- ferry
- Synonym: ferjubátur
Declension
Derived terms
- ferjumaður
- ferjutollur
Etymology 2
Verb
ferja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ferjaði, supine ferjað)
- to ferry
Conjugation
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
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Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
ferja m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
ferja f (definite singular ferja, indefinite plural ferjer or ferjor, definite plural ferjene or ferjone)
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *farjǭ.
Noun
ferja f (genitive ferju)
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “ferja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *farjaną, *farjōną, also from *farjǭ.
Verb
ferja (singular present indicative ferr or ferjar, singular past indicative farði or ferjaði)
- to ferry
Conjugation
Due to its twofold etymology, ferja is inflected as both a short class 1 weak verb and a class 2 weak verb.
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “ferja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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