ferja

Faroese

Noun

ferja f (genitive singular ferju, plural ferjur)

  1. ferry

Declension

Declension of ferja
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ferja ferjan ferjur ferjurnar
accusative ferju ferjuna ferjur ferjurnar
dative ferju ferjuni ferjum ferjunum
genitive ferju ferjunnar ferja ferjanna

Verb

ferja (third person singular past indicative ferjaði, third person plural past indicative ferjað, supine ferjað)

  1. to ferry

Conjugation

Conjugation of ferja (group v-30)
infinitive ferja
supine ferjað
participle (a6)1 ferjandi ferjaður
present past
first singular ferji ferjaði
second singular ferjar ferjaði
third singular ferjar ferjaði
plural ferja ferjaðu
imperative
singular ferja!
plural ferjið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Gothic

Romanization

ferja

  1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛrja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrja

Noun

ferja f (genitive singular ferju, nominative plural ferjur)

  1. ferry

Declension

Synonyms

  • ferjubátur

Derived terms

Verb

ferja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ferjaði, supine ferjað)

  1. to ferry

Conjugation

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

ferja m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of ferje

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ferja f (definite singular ferja, indefinite plural ferjer or ferjor, definite plural ferjene or ferjone)

  1. definite singular of ferje
  2. (pre-2012) alternative form of ferje

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *farjǭ.

Noun

ferja f (genitive ferju)

  1. ferry
Declension
Descendants
  • Icelandic: ferja
  • Faroese: ferja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ferje, ferja f
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ferje m or f
  • Norwegian: (dialectal) farje, ferri
  • Old Swedish: færia
  • Old Danish: færje
  • Middle English: ferie, fery, ferye, ffery, verye
    • English: ferry (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: ferry

References

  • ferja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *farjaną, *farjōną, also from *farjǭ.

Verb

ferja (singular present indicative ferr or ferjar, singular past indicative farði or ferjaði)

  1. to ferry
Conjugation

Due to its twofold etymology, ferja is inflected as both a short class 1 weak verb and a class 2 weak verb.

References

  • ferja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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