farë

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See also: fare, faré, fâre, and fārè

Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *(s)parā, from Proto-Indo-European *sporéh₂ < *sper- (to spread out). Compare Ancient Greek σπόρος (spóros, seed).[1][2][3] Interpreting farë (affinity, kind) as a different word from farë (seed", semen), the former is considered by some as a loanword from Lombardic fara (military clan).[3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfaɾ(ə)/, [faːɹ]

Noun

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farë f (plural fara, definite fara, definite plural farat)

  1. seed
  2. sperm, semen
    Synonym: spermë
  3. descendants, lineage, progeny, offspring

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “farë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 93
  2. ^ Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 223.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Adam Hyllested, Brian D. Joseph (2022) “Albanian”, in Thomas Olander, editor, The Indo-European Language Family : A Phylogenetic Perspective, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 230