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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fawaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms
  • *fahwaz, *fauhaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɸɑ.wɑz/

Adjective

*fawaz (comparative *fawizô, superlative *fawistaz)

  1. few
  2. little (small amount of)

Inflection
Declension of *fawaz (a-stem, strong only)
strong declension
masculine feminine neuter
singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative *fawaz *fawai *fawō *fawôz *fawą, *-at(ō) *fawō
accusative *fawanǭ *fawanz *fawǭ *fawōz *fawą, *-at(ō) *fawō
genitive *fawas, *fawis *fawaizǫ̂ *fawaizōz *fawaizǫ̂ *fawas, *fawis *fawaizǫ̂
dative *fawammai *fawaimaz *fawaizōi *fawaimaz *fawammai *fawaimaz
instrumental *fawanō *fawaimiz *fawaizō *fawaimiz *fawanō *fawaimiz


Antonyms

Descendants

References
  1. “føyen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  2. “føye” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
  3. “føje” in Den Danske Ordbog
  4. föga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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