ferge

ferge

See also: Ferge

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • ferje (roughly equally common)

Etymology

Inherited from Danish færge, from Old Norse ferja, from Proto-Germanic *farjǭ (noun) and *farjaną (“verb”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²færɡə/

Noun

ferge f or m (definite singular ferga or fergen, indefinite plural ferger, definite plural fergene)

  1. (nautical) a ferry, ferryboat

Derived terms

Verb

ferge (present tense ferger, past tense ferga or ferget, past participle ferga or ferget)

  1. (transitive) to ferry (transport on a ferryboat)
  2. (intransitive, rare) to ferry (go by ferryboat)

References

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸʲeɾ.ɡe/

Noun

ferge

  1. genitive singular of ferg

Mutation

Mutation of ferge
radical lenition nasalization
ferge ḟerge ferge
pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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