faru

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin pharus

Noun

faru m (plural faros)

1. lighthouse (building containing a light to warn or guide ships)

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfaru]

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• Rhymes: -aru
• Hyphenation: fa‧ru

Verb

faru

1. imperative of fari

Irish

Alternative forms

• fru

Pronoun

faru (emphatic farusan)

1. third-person plural of fara

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “faru”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaru/

Noun

faru

1. accusative singular of fara
2. instrumental singular of fara

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *faru, from the same base as faran.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑ.ru/

Noun

faru f

1. a journey or going

   Hit ys Godes faru. ― It [Passover] is the passing of God. (Exodus)

2. something transportable, especially one's family

   God ða gemunde Noes fare. ― Then God remembered Noah's family. (Genesis)

3. a march or expedition

   He ðas fare lædeþ. ― He leads this expedition. (Cædmon's Metrical Paraphrase)

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	faru	fara, fare
accusative	fare	fara, fare
genitive	fare	fara
dative	fare	farum

Derived terms

• infaru (“invasion”)

Related terms

• faran
• fēran
• fyrd

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Noun

faru class ? (plural [please provide])

1. rhinoceros

   Synonym: kifaru