ferja

Faroese

Noun

ferja f (genitive singular ferju, plural ferjur)

  1. ferry

Declension

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Verb

ferja (third person singular past indicative ferjaði, third person plural past indicative ferjað, supine ferjað)

  1. to ferry

Conjugation

Conjugation of ferja (group v-30)
infinitive ferja
supine ferjað
participle (a6)1 ferjandi ferjaður
present past
first singular ferji ferjaði
second singular ferjar ferjaði
third singular ferjar ferjaði
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imperative
singular Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)!
plural ferjið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Gothic

Romanization

ferja

  1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛrja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrja

Noun

ferja f (genitive singular ferju, nominative plural ferjur)

  1. ferry

Declension

Synonyms

  • ferjubátur

Derived terms

Verb

ferja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ferjaði, supine ferjað)

  1. to ferry

Conjugation

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

ferja m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of ferje

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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  1. definite singular of ferje
  2. (pre-2012) alternative form of ferje

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *farjǭ.

Noun

ferja f (genitive ferju)

  1. ferry
Declension
Descendants
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    • Norwegian Bokmål: ferje m or f
  • Norwegian: (dialectal) farje, ferri
  • Old Swedish: færia
  • Old Danish: færje
  • Middle English: ferie, fery, ferye, ffery, verye
    • English: ferry (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: ferry

References

  • ferja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *farjaną, *farjōną, also from *farjǭ.

Verb

ferja (singular present indicative ferr or ferjar, singular past indicative farði or ferjaði)

  1. 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.

References

  • ferja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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