fach

See also: Fach and -fach

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faχ/

• Audio:

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Verb

fach

1. singular imperative of fachen

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fach. Compare Polish fach and Silesian fach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfax/
• Rhymes: -ax
• Syllabification: fach

Noun

fach m inan

1. profession, trade, occupation

   Synonym: wark

Declension

Declension of fach

	singular	plural
nominative	fach	fachë
genitive	fachù	fachów
dative	fachòwi	fachóm
accusative	fach	fachë
instrumental	fachã, fachem (regional)	fachama
locative	fachù	fachach
vocative	fach/fachù	fachë

Further reading

• “fach”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Norman

Alternative forms

• fache (Jersey, Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French fache, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs (“face, shape”).

Noun

fach f

1. (Sark, anatomy) face

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin factum.

Noun

fach m

1. (Languedoc, Provençal) fact

Related terms

• fachura
• far

Verb

fach

1. past participle of far

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *faih (“hostile”). Cognates include Old English fāh and Old Dutch *fēh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaːχ/

Adjective

fāch

1. outlawed

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fach. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from German Fachwerk. Compare Kashubian fach and Silesian fach.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈfax/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈfax/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ax
• Syllabification: fach

Noun

fach m inan (related adjective fachowy)

2. (colloquial) trade (skilled practice of an occupation)

   Synonyms: zawód, profesja

4. (Central Greater Poland, architecture) Synonym of przęsło

Declension

Declension of fach

	singular	plural
nominative	fach	fachy
genitive	fachu	fachów
dative	fachowi	fachom
accusative	fach	fachy
instrumental	fachem	fachami
locative	fachu	fachach
vocative	fachu	fachy

Derived terms

nouns

• fachowiec
• fachura

 

Related terms

adverbs

• fachowo

 

nouns

• fachman
• fachowość

 

Further reading

• fach in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fach in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “fach”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 18

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːχ/

Etymology 1

Adjective

fach

1. Soft mutation of bach (“small”).

Etymology 2

Noun

fach

1. Soft mutation of bach (“hook”).

Mutation

Mutated forms of bach

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bach	fach	mach	unchanged

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