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[[Category:Niemish prepositions]]
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===Etymology 2===
===Etymology 2===
From Proto-Germanic ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/furhō#Proto-Germanic|*furhō]]''.
From Proto-Germanic ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/furhō#Proto-Germanic|*furhō]]''.

Latest revision as of 20:41, 26 April 2022

Niemish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Gothic faúr and faúra.

Preposition

fór

  1. (with dative) for (benefactive)
  2. (with accusative) in favour of
  3. (with dative) by the standards of
  4. (with accusative) before (spatial and temporal), in front of
  5. (with dative) because of
  6. (with dative) on behalf of

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *furhō.

Noun

fór n.f. zero-stem

  1. fir tree

Declension

declension of fór (f-0h declension)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fór fóra fórs fóros
genitive fórs fóros fóra fórsa
dative fóre fórse fórą fórę

Etymology 3

From Latin furnus.

Noun

² fór n.m. hard stem

  1. oven
  2. furnace
  3. firebox (of a steam locomotive)

Declension

declension of fór (mh declension)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fór fóran fórs fóras
genitive fúrs fúres fúre fúrse
dative fór fórum fórą fórę

Synonyms

Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk for, from Old Skundavisk for, from Halmisk ᚠᛟᚱ (for), ᚠᛟᚱᛁ (fori), from Proto-Germanic *furi.

Pronunciation

  • (stressed) IPA: /ɸɔ:/
  • (unstressed) IPA: /ɸɔ/

Preposition

for

  1. for
    Ik kynde jetwære hwat for thig doon.
    I could do anything for you.
  2. in favour of
    Si weren for hise befrijing.
    They were in favour of his liberation.

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