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farmur

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse farmr, from Proto-Germanic *farmaz, from the strong verb *faraną (to go).[1] Also see fara (to go).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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farmur m (genitive singular farms, plural farmar)

  1. cargo, freight

Declension

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m6 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative farmur farmurin farmar farmarnir
accusative farm farmin farmar farmarnar
dative farmi farminum farmum farmunum
genitive farms farmsins farma farmanna

References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “farma”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 130

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse farmr, from Proto-Germanic *farmaz, from the strong verb *faraną (to go). Also see fara (to go).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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farmur m (genitive singular farms, nominative plural farmar)

  1. cargo, load, charge

Declension

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