See also: faħ

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fah

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Baissa Fali.

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English

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Etymology 1

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An anglicised spelling of fa.

Noun

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fah (plural fahs)

  1. (music) Alternative form of fa.

Etymology 2

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Interjection

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fah

  1. Alternative form of faugh
    • 1957, Henry W. Coray, Son of Tears, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 14:
      He leaned against the fence, pulled a pear from his tunic and bit into it. His face puckered. "No good?" Alypius said. Augustine spat out the pieces. "Fah!" he said.

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Adverb

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fah

  1. (New England) Pronunciation spelling of far.

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz.

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fāh

  1. guilty; criminal
  2. hostile
  3. outlawed
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  • Middle English: fo, foo, fa (Early Middle English)
    • English: foe (obsolete as an adjective)

Etymology 2

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From Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz, from Proto-Indo-European *póyḱos; cognate with Old High German fēh, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (faihs). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek ποικίλος (poikílos, multicoloured).

The inflected stem fāg- may be because this word ultimately reflects a Proto-Germanic variant *faigaz; alternatively, it may be due to analogy with other adjectives with an alternation between [x] and [ɣ], such as smēag, smēah (creeping, subtle).

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Adjective

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fāh

  1. decorated, coloured, shining, adorned
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Old High German

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From Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką, whence also Old English fæc.

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fah n

  1. wall

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