faa

See also: FAA, fáa, få, faʻa, and fa'a

English

Noun

faa (plural faas)

The letter ف in the Arabic script.

Anagrams

A.A.F., AAF, AFA

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

faahe

Etymology

From Old High German fāhan, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. Compare German fahen, fangen, Dutch vangen, English fang, Icelandic fá.

Verb

faa

(Uri) to catch

Conjugation

Strong:

conjugation of faa – Urner dialect

		singular			plural
infinitive		faa
past participle		gfange
		1^st person ich, i	2^nd person du	3^rd person er/si/es	1^st person mir	2^nd person ir	3^rd person si
indicative	present	faa	faasch	fat	faa	fängt	faa

subjunctive	present	fëë, fäng, fängi	fëëesch, fängesch	fëë, fäng, fängi	fëëe, fänge	fëëet, fänget	fëëe, fänge
subjunctive	past	fieng, fiengi	fiengesch	fieng, fiengi	fienge	fienget	fienge

imperative	affirmative	—	fach	—	—	fäänt	—

Mixed:

conjugation of faa – Urner dialect

		singular			plural
infinitive		faa
past participle		gfange
		1^st person ich, i	2^nd person du	3^rd person er/si/es	1^st person mir	2^nd person ir	3^rd person si
indicative	present	faa	faasch	fat	faa	fängt	faa

subjunctive	present	fëë, fäng, fängi	fëëesch, fängesch	fëë, fäng, fängi	fëëe, fänge	fëëet, fänget	fëëe, fänge
subjunctive	past	fät, fätti	fättesch	fät, fätti	fätte	fättet	fätte

imperative	affirmative	—	fach	—	—	fäänt	—

References

Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 86.

Jamamadí

Noun

faa

(Banawá) water

References

2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Middle English

Noun

faa

Alternative form of fo

Swahili

Etymology

Of Bantu origin.

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Verb

-faa (infinitive kufaa)

to fit
to be suitable or useful
Synonym: halisi

Conjugation

Conjugation of -faa

Positive present	-nafaa
Subjunctive	-fae
Negative	-fai
Imperative singular	faa

Infinitives

Positive	kufaa
Negative	kutofaa

Imperatives

Singular	faa
Plural	faeni

Tensed forms

Habitual	hufaa
Positive past	positive subject concord + -lifaa
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kufaa

Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafaa)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninafaa/nafaa	tunafaa
2nd person		unafaa	mnafaa
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anafaa	wanafaa
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -nafaa

Negative present (negative subject concord + -fai)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		sifai	hatufai
2nd person		hufai	hamfai
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	hafai	hawafai
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -fai

Positive future	positive subject concord + -tafaa
Negative future	negative subject concord + -tafaa

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fae)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nifae	tufae
2nd person		ufae	mfae
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	afae	wafae
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -fae

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -sifae
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngefaa
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singefaa
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngalifaa
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singalifaa

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afaa)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nafaa	twafaa
2nd person		wafaa	mwafaa
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	afaa	wafaa
	m-mi_(III/IV)	wafaa	yafaa
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	lafaa	yafaa
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chafaa	vyafaa
	n_(IX/X)	yafaa	zafaa
	u_(XI)	wafaa	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwafaa
	pa_(XVI)	pafaa
	mu_(XVIII)	mwafaa

Perfect	positive subject concord + -mefaa
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshafaa
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jafaa
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kifaa
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipofaa
Consecutive	kafaa / positive subject concord + -kafaa
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kafae

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-nifaa	-tufaa
2nd person		-kufaa	-wafaa/-kufaeni/-wafaeni
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-mfaa	-wafaa
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-ufaa	-ifaa
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lifaa	-yafaa
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kifaa	-vifaa
	n_(IX/X)	-ifaa	-zifaa
	u_(XI)	-ufaa	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kufaa
	pa_(XVI)	-pafaa
	mu_(XVIII)	-mufaa
Reflexive		-jifaa

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -faa- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-faaye	-faao
m-mi_(III/IV)	-faao	-faayo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-faalo	-faayo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-faacho	-faavyo
n_(IX/X)	-faayo	-faazo
u_(XI)	-faao	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-faako
pa_(XVI)	-faapo
mu_(XVIII)	-faamo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -faa)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yefaa	-ofaa
m-mi_(III/IV)	-ofaa	-yofaa
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lofaa	-yofaa
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-chofaa	-vyofaa
n_(IX/X)	-yofaa	-zofaa
u_(XI)	-ofaa	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kofaa
pa_(XVI)	-pofaa
mu_(XVIII)	-mofaa

Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

Nominal derivations:
- kifaa (“tool, device”)
- mafao (“advantage, benefit, profit”)

Woleaian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

faa

four

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