different between fah vs cah

English

Etymology

An anglicised spelling of fa.

Noun

fah (plural fahs)

1. (music) Alternative form of fa.

Anagrams

• FHA, HFA, ha'f

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??x/

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

f?h

1. guilty; criminal
2. hostile
3. outlawed

Declension

Descendants

• English: foe

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz, from Proto-Indo-European *póy?os.

Cognate with Old High German f?h, Gothic ???????????????????? (faihs). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek ???????? (poikílos, “multicoloured”).

Adjective

f?h

1. decorated, coloured, shining, adorned

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: fou, fow, fawe, fah
  • Scots: faw

Old High German

Etymology

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

Noun

fah n

1. wall

Descendants

• German: Fach

English

Noun

cah (plural cahs)

1. (US, Eastern Massachusetts) Pronunciation spelling of car.

Anagrams

• -cha, ACH, CHA, Cha, HAC, HCA, ach, cha

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan [Term?], from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *katïC (“sit”).

Verb

cah (irregular)

1. to be (somewhere)

Conjugation

• This verb is irregular; it has the plural (present) form cateh.

References

• Michel Launay; Christopher Mackay (2011) An Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Amazon Kindle: Cambridge University Press, pages Loc 1586

K'iche'

Noun

cah

1. (Classical K'iche') sky

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish cath, from Primitive Irish ????? (cattu), from Proto-Celtic *katus, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh?tus (“fight”).

Noun

cah m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. battle

Mutation