ferma

See also: fermà and fermă

Albanian

Noun

ferma f

1. definite nominative singular of fermë
2. indefinite nominative plural of fermë

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		ферма
Arabic		فئرما

Etymology

From Russian фе́рма (férma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfermɑ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fer‧ma

Noun

ferma (definite accusative fermanı, plural fermalar)

1. farm

Declension

Declension of ferma

	singular	plural
nominative	ferma	fermalar
definite accusative	fermanı	fermaları
dative	fermaya	fermalara
locative	fermada	fermalarda
ablative	fermadan	fermalardan
definite genitive	fermanın	fermaların

Possessive forms of ferma

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	fermam	fermalarım
sənin (“your”)	ferman	fermaların
onun (“his/her/its”)	ferması	fermaları
bizim (“our”)	fermamız	fermalarımız
sizin (“your”)	fermanız	fermalarınız
onların (“their”)	ferması or fermaları	fermaları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	fermamı	fermalarımı
sənin (“your”)	fermanı	fermalarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	fermasını	fermalarını
bizim (“our”)	fermamızı	fermalarımızı
sizin (“your”)	fermanızı	fermalarınızı
onların (“their”)	fermasını or fermalarını	fermalarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	fermama	fermalarıma
sənin (“your”)	fermana	fermalarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	fermasına	fermalarına
bizim (“our”)	fermamıza	fermalarımıza
sizin (“your”)	fermanıza	fermalarınıza
onların (“their”)	fermasına or fermalarına	fermalarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	fermamda	fermalarımda
sənin (“your”)	fermanda	fermalarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	fermasında	fermalarında
bizim (“our”)	fermamızda	fermalarımızda
sizin (“your”)	fermanızda	fermalarınızda
onların (“their”)	fermasında or fermalarında	fermalarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	fermamdan	fermalarımdan
sənin (“your”)	fermandan	fermalarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	fermasından	fermalarından
bizim (“our”)	fermamızdan	fermalarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	fermanızdan	fermalarınızdan
onların (“their”)	fermasından or fermalarından	fermalarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	fermamın	fermalarımın
sənin (“your”)	fermanın	fermalarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	fermasının	fermalarının
bizim (“our”)	fermamızın	fermalarımızın
sizin (“your”)	fermanızın	fermalarınızın
onların (“their”)	fermasının or fermalarının	fermalarının

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈfɛr.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈfər.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfeɾ.ma]

Etymology 1

Adjective

ferma

1. feminine singular of ferm

Etymology 2

Verb

ferma

1. inflection of fermar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ферма (ferma), from French ferme.

Noun

ferma (accusative fermanı, plural fermalar)

1. farm

Declension

Declension of ferma

	singular	plural
nominative	ferma	fermalar
genitive	fermanıñ	fermalarnıñ
dative	fermağa	fermalarğa
accusative	fermanı	fermalarnı
locative	fermada	fermalarda
ablative	fermadan	fermalardan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “ferma”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈferma/
• Rhymes: -erma
• Hyphenation: fer‧ma

Adjective

ferma (accusative singular ferman, plural fermaj, accusative plural fermajn)

1. closed

   Antonym: malferma

Related terms

• fermi
• malferma

French

Verb

ferma

1. third-person singular past historic of fermer

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛrma/
• Rhymes: -ɛrma

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ferma (“to load, to lade”), from Proto-Germanic *fermōną. Compare Old English feormian (“to sustain, to feed; to entertain, to receive”).

Verb

ferma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fermdi, supine fermt)

1. (transitive) to load, to lade (e.g. a boat)

Conjugation

ferma – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að ferma
supine sagnbót		fermt
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		fermandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	fermi	fermdi		fermi	fermdi
	þú	fermir	fermdir		fermir	fermdir
	hann, hún, það	fermir	fermdi		fermi	fermdi
plural	við	fermum	fermdum		fermum	fermdum
	þið	fermið	fermduð		fermið	fermduð
	þeir, þær, þau	ferma	fermdu		fermi	fermdu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	ferm (þú), fermdu
plural	þið	fermið (þið), fermiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

fermast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að fermast
supine sagnbót		fermst
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		fermandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	fermist	fermdist		fermist	fermdist
	þú	fermist	fermdist		fermist	fermdist
	hann, hún, það	fermist	fermdist		fermist	fermdist
plural	við	fermumst	fermdumst		fermumst	fermdumst
	þið	fermist	fermdust		fermist	fermdust
	þeir, þær, þau	fermast	fermdust		fermist	fermdust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	fermst (þú), fermstu
plural	þið	fermist (þið), fermisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

fermdur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	fermdur	fermd	fermt	fermdir	fermdar	fermd
accusative (þolfall)	fermdan	fermda	fermt	fermda	fermdar	fermd
dative (þágufall)	fermdum	fermdri	fermdu	fermdum	fermdum	fermdum
genitive (eignarfall)	fermds	fermdrar	fermds	fermdra	fermdra	fermdra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	fermdi	fermda	fermda	fermdu	fermdu	fermdu
accusative (þolfall)	fermda	fermdu	fermda	fermdu	fermdu	fermdu
dative (þágufall)	fermda	fermdu	fermda	fermdu	fermdu	fermdu
genitive (eignarfall)	fermda	fermdu	fermda	fermdu	fermdu	fermdu

Related terms

• farmur (“load, cargo”)

Etymology 2

From Latin firmō, probably via Middle Low German.

Verb

ferma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fermdi, supine fermt)

1. (Christianity) to confirm

Conjugation

ferma – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að ferma
supine sagnbót		fermt
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		fermandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	fermi	fermdi		fermi	fermdi
	þú	fermir	fermdir		fermir	fermdir
	hann, hún, það	fermir	fermdi		fermi	fermdi
plural	við	fermum	fermdum		fermum	fermdum
	þið	fermið	fermduð		fermið	fermduð
	þeir, þær, þau	ferma	fermdu		fermi	fermdu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	ferm (þú), fermdu
plural	þið	fermið (þið), fermiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

fermast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að fermast
supine sagnbót		fermst
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		fermandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	fermist	fermdist		fermist	fermdist
	þú	fermist	fermdist		fermist	fermdist
	hann, hún, það	fermist	fermdist		fermist	fermdist
plural	við	fermumst	fermdumst		fermumst	fermdumst
	þið	fermist	fermdust		fermist	fermdust
	þeir, þær, þau	fermast	fermdust		fermist	fermdust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	fermst (þú), fermstu
plural	þið	fermist (þið), fermisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

fermdur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	fermdur	fermd	fermt	fermdir	fermdar	fermd
accusative (þolfall)	fermdan	fermda	fermt	fermda	fermdar	fermd
dative (þágufall)	fermdum	fermdri	fermdu	fermdum	fermdum	fermdum
genitive (eignarfall)	fermds	fermdrar	fermds	fermdra	fermdra	fermdra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	fermdi	fermda	fermda	fermdu	fermdu	fermdu
accusative (þolfall)	fermda	fermdu	fermda	fermdu	fermdu	fermdu
dative (þágufall)	fermda	fermdu	fermda	fermdu	fermdu	fermdu
genitive (eignarfall)	fermda	fermdu	fermda	fermdu	fermdu	fermdu

Derived terms

• ferming (“confirmation”)

Ido

Etymology

Borrowing from English firm, French ferme, Italian fermo and Spanish firme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛr.ma/

Adjective

ferma

1. firm: solid, stable, fixed, compact, stout

   Antonyms: mola, shancelanta, vacilanta, febla

2. (figuratively) which does not tremble, steady, steadfast, bold, resolute

Derived terms

• ferme (“firmly, steadily; hold fast; do not flinch!”)
• fermeskar (“to become firm, strong, established, settled”)
• fermeso (“firmness, stability”)
• fermigar (“to make firm”)

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfer.ma/

Noun

ferma (plural fermas)

1. farm

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfer.ma/
• Rhymes: -erma
• Hyphenation: fér‧ma

Etymology 1

Deverbal from fermare +‎ -a.

Noun

ferma f (plural ferme)

1. (military) service, draft

   Synonyms: leva, naia, servizio di leva

2. (hunting) pointing

Derived terms

• cane da ferma (“pointer, setter”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French ferme (literally “farm”).

Noun

ferma f (plural ferme)

1. ferme générale (a system of outsourced tax collection in France prior to the French Revolution)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ferma

1. inflection of fermare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ferma f

1. feminine singular of fermo

Anagrams

• farem, frema

Latin

Noun

ferma f (genitive fermae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) alternative form of firma

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ferma	fermae
genitive	fermae	fermārum
dative	fermae	fermīs
accusative	fermam	fermās
ablative	fermā	fermīs
vocative	ferma	fermae

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

ferma

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from French ferme. Doublet of farma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛr.ma/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛrma
• Syllabification: fer‧ma

Noun

ferma f

1. (agriculture) farm (farm that raises small animals, such as chickens or rabbits)

Declension

Declension of ferma

	singular	plural
nominative	ferma	fermy
genitive	fermy	ferm
dative	fermie	fermom
accusative	fermę	fermy
instrumental	fermą	fermami
locative	fermie	fermach
vocative	fermo	fermy

Derived terms

adjective

• fermowy

Further reading

• ferma in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ferma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈferma]

Noun

ferma f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of fermă