farfar

From far +‎ far. From Old Norse fǫðurfaðir (literally “father's father”). Compare Icelandic föðurfaðir, Norwegian farfar, Swedish farfar.

• IPA^(key): /faːˀrfaːr/, [ˈfɑˀˌfɑː]

farfar (singular definite farfaren or farfaderen, plural indefinite farfædre)

1. paternal grandfather

sg-gen-def-2=farfaderens

• “farfar” in Den Danske Ordbog

Inherited from Arabic فَرْفَرَ (farfara).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfar.far/
• Rhymes: -arfar

farfar (imperfect jfarfar, past participle mfarfar, verbal noun tfarfir)

1. to brush off, to swipe away
2. to flap (wings, tail, etc.) (to move (something broad and loose) up and down)
3. to beat, to strike [with lil ‘to someone’]
4. (figuratively) to shirk, to avoid a duty

From far +‎ far.

farfar m (definite singular farfaren, indefinite plural farfedre, definite plural farfedrene)

1. paternal grandfather

• “farfar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From far +‎ far.

farfar m (definite singular farfaren, indefinite plural farfedrar, definite plural farfedrane)

1. paternal grandfather

• “farfar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• farfader (uncommon)

far +‎ far

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farfar c

1. a father's father; a paternal grandfather

• “farfar”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “farfar”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Inherited from Proto-Berber. Cognate with Tashelhit farri, frfr (“to fly (away)”)

farfar (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴰⵔⴼⴰⵔ)

1. (intransitive) to fly away
2. (intransitive) to flap the wings, to flutter

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Verbal noun: afarfar