fræ

See also: frae and Frae

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fræ, from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɹɛaː/
  • Rhymes: -ɛaː

Noun

fræ n (genitive singular fræs, plural fræ)

  1. a seed of a plant

Declension

Declension of fræ
n4 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fræ fræið fræ fræini
accusative fræ fræið fræ fræini
dative fræ, fræi frænum fræum fræunum
genitive fræs fræsins fræa fræanna

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fræ, from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą, whence also the variant frjó.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fraiː/
  • Rhymes: -aiː

Noun

fræ n (genitive singular fræs, nominative plural fræ)

  1. a seed of a plant

Declension

Derived terms

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Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin frāter, from Proto-Italic *frātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /frɛː/

Noun

fræ m (invariable)

  1. brother

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

fræ n (definite singular frøet, indefinite plural frø, definite plural frøa or frøi)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of frø

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *fraiwą, whence also the variant frjó.

Noun

fræ n (genitive fræs, dative frævi, plural fræ)

  1. a seed of a plant
Declension
Descendants

Here are also descendants of the variant frjó.

  • Icelandic: frjó, fræ
  • Faroese: fræ
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: frø
  • Norwegian Bokmål: frø
  • Swedish: frö
  • Danish: frø

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

fræ

  1. inflection of frær:
    1. strong feminine nominative singular
    2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural

References

  • fræ in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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