different between faa vs fae

English

Noun

faa (plural faas)

1. The letter ? in the Arabic script.

Anagrams

• A.A.F., AAF, AFA

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• faahe

Etymology

From Old High German f?han, from Proto-Germanic *fanhan?. Compare German fahen, fangen, Dutch vangen, English fang, Icelandic fá.

Verb

faa

1. (Uri) to catch

Conjugation

Strong:

Mixed:

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

1. (Banawá) water

References

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

Middle English

Noun

faa

1. Alternative form of fo

Swahili

Etymology

Of Bantu origin.

Pronunciation

Verb

-faa (infinitive kufaa)

1. to fit
2. to be suitable or useful

   Synonym: halisi

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • kifaa

Woleaian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Numeral

faa

1. four

English

Adjective

fae (comparative more fae, superlative most fae)

1. Alternative spelling of fey (“magical, fairylike”)

Noun

fae pl (plural only)

1. Alternative spelling of fey (“fairy folk”)

See also

• faerie

Anagrams

• A. E. F., A.E.F., AEF, EAF, EFA, FEA

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wai

Interjection

fae

1. woe !

References

Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “fae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scots

Etymology

Lowland Scots variant of frae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe?/

Preposition

fae

1. (Lowlands Scots) from

Further reading

• “fae” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Welsh

Noun

fae

1. Soft mutation of bae.

Mutation