fa

fa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Persian.

• fah

• IPA^(key): /fɑ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑː

From Glover's solmization, from Middle English fa (“fourth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian fa in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin famulī (“servants”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

fa (plural fas)

1. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, “Containing the Arrival of an Irish Gentleman, with very extraordinary Adventures which ensued at the Inn”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume IV, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book X, pages 11–12:

     And now Mrs. Waters (for we muſt confeſs ſhe was in the ſame Bed) being, I ſuppoſe, awakened from her Sleep, and ſeeing two Men fighting in her Bed-chamber, began to ſcream in the moſt violent Manner, crying out Murder! Robbery! and more frequently Rape! which laſt, ſome, perhaps, may wonder ſhe ſhould mention, who do not conſider that theſe Words of Exclamation are uſed by Ladies in a Fright, as Fa, la, la, ra, da, &c. are in Muſic, only as the Vehicles of Sound, and without any fixed Ideas.

sol-fa

fa

1. (informal) Alternative spelling of for
   • 2000, Requiem for a Dream, spoken by Harry Goldfarb (Jared Leto):

     Do ya wanna be a dope fiend fa krist’s sake?

• AF, Af, af

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfa]
• Rhymes: -a

fa m (plural fas)

1. (music) fa (fourth note of diatonic scale)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fa

1. third-person singular present indicative of fer

fa

1. ago

   fa molts anys...

   many years ago...

fa

1. (dialectal) a particle used in some dialects to emphasize a negative sentence

   Fa que no es veu!

   it’s obvious!

   (literally, “it does that it's not seen!”)

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

-fa (infinitive kufá)

1. to die

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -fera

• Nominal derivations:
  • imfa (“death”)

fa

1. Abbreviation of firma.

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Borrowed from Latin fa.

• IPA^(key): /faː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fa
• Rhymes: -aː

fa m (plural fa's, diminutive faatje n)

1. (music) fa (fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) musical note)
2. (music) F (the musical clef or key)

• fasleutel

• IPA^(key): /fa/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

fa m (plural fa)

1. (music) fa, the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note 'F'

• clef de fa

• “fa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

fa m (plural fas)

1. (music) fa (musical note)
2. (music) F (the musical note or key)

• (musical notes) nota musical; dó, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si ^{(Category: gl:Music)}

fa

1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌰

• IPA^(key): /fa/, [fʷa]

fa

1. to drink

From Proto-Uralic *puwe. Cognates include Finnish puu.^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɒ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -fɒ

fa (countable and uncountable, plural fák)

1. tree (large woody plant)

   Meronyms: rügy, hajtás, vessző, gally, ág, törzs, gyökér, levél, lomb, korona, termés, gyümölcs

2. wood (substance beneath the bark of the trunk or branches of a tree)
3. (graph theory) tree (connected graph with no cycles)
4. (computing theory) tree (recursive data structure)
5. (attributive) wooden (made of wood)

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	fa	fák
accusative	fát	fákat
dative	fának	fáknak
instrumental	fával	fákkal
causal-final	fáért	fákért
translative	fává	fákká
terminative	fáig	fákig
essive-formal	faként	fákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	fában	fákban
superessive	fán	fákon
adessive	fánál	fáknál
illative	fába	fákba
sublative	fára	fákra
allative	fához	fákhoz
elative	fából	fákból
delative	fáról	fákról
ablative	fától	fáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	fáé	fáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	fáéi	fákéi

Possessive forms of fa
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	fám	fáim
2nd person sing.	fád	fáid
3rd person sing.	fája	fái
1st person plural	fánk	fáink
2nd person plural	fátok	fáitok
3rd person plural	fájuk	fáik

• (tree, wood): fa in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (“fa”, a syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth note of a major scale; alternative form of fá): fa in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• fa in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

• fá, ba, badh, budh

fa (triggers h-prothesis)

1. Obsolete form of ba (“was”) (past affirmative and relative of is).
   • 2014 [1628–1634], Geoffrey Keating, edited by Beatrix Färber, David Comyn, Patrick S. Dinneen, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn‎^[1], CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts:

     gurab Alba fá hainm don chrích sin

     that that country’s name was Scotland

   • 1939 [c. 13th century], “Bean ós mhnáibh cáich Cailleach Dé”, in Lambert McKenna, editor, Aithdioghluim Dána‎^[2], Dublin:

     Is leomhan Ó mBriun an bhean / siur ga seoladh [ar] a son, / síol na n-ealta fa díon damh, / síol glan nach ba creachta ar gcrodh.

     A lion-hero of the Í Bhriuin is this lady, a sister that guides them by her words; noble the offspring of that flock, my guardians (ensuring) that all I own be safe from harrying.

     (literally, “(…) the seed of the flock which was protection to me, noble seed (…)”)

fa (plus dative, triggers lenition)

1. Obsolete form of faoi (“under”).
2. Obsolete form of um (“about, concerning”).

In the meaning about it was followed by a noun in accusative.

• fa', fai (imperative form only)

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa/^*
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: fà
• Unlike for the musical note below, this word always triggers syntactic gemination. Hence for example fa freddo (“it's cold”, literally “it makes cold”) is pronounced /ˈfa‿fˈfreddo/.

fa

1. inflection of fare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

fa

1. ago

   Synonym: prima

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa/^°
• IPA^(key): (traditional) /ˈfa/^*
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: fà
• Unlike for the verb form and derived adverb, this word (and other terms for musical notes) do not trigger syntactic gemination in modern usage, although they did traditionally. Hence fa sol la (“fa sol la”) is now pronounced /ˈfa ˈsɔl ˈla/, but traditionally /ˈfa‿sˈsɔl ˈla/.

fa m (invariable)

2. (music) fa (fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) musical note)
3. F (musical note or key)

fa

1. The katakana syllable ファ (fa) in Hepburn-like romanization.

fa (intensive aorist yettfay, aorist ifa, preterite ifa, negative preterite ifa)

1. to yawn

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

-fá

1. to die

fa m (invariable)

1. (music) fa, the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note 'F'.

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

fa

1. to die

fa (fa⁵／fa⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄈㄚ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𠲎

fa

1. Nonstandard spelling of fā.
2. Nonstandard spelling of fá.
3. Nonstandard spelling of fǎ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of fà.

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

From Old Irish fáth, from Proto-Celtic *wātus (“inspired utterance”) (compare Welsh gwawd (“song, praise, poetry”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-.

fa m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. reason, cause

• oyr

• cre'n fa
• gyn fa gyn oyr

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fa	a	va
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

From the oblique stem of Old English ġefāh.

fa (plural fas)

1. Alternative form of fo

From Old English fā, variant of fāh.

fa

1. Alternative form of fo

• IPA^(key): /fa/
• Rhymes: -a

fa

1. third-person singular present indicative of fà

Niuean cardinal numbers

<  3	4	5  >
Cardinal : fa

From Proto-Polynesian *fa, from Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

fa

1. four

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• Audio (Jersey):

  (file)

fa m (plural fas)

1. (Jersey) suit (clothing)

• suit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

-fá

1. to die

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Latin famuli, from the first word of the fourth line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn on which solfège was based because its lines started on each note of the scale successively. Through Italian.

• IPA^(key): /fɑː/

fa m (definite singular fa-en, indefinite plural fa-ar, definite plural fa-ane)

2. (music) fa, a syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.

• (scale of solfège): do, re, mi, fa, sol or so, la, ti, do

• “fa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

fā

1. Alternative form of fāh

From Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. Cognates include Old English fōn, Old Saxon fāhan and Old Dutch fān.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaː/

fā

1. (transitive) to catch

• Saterland Frisian: fange
• West Frisian: fange

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

• fá, ba, bá

Apparently a derivative of some form of the copula is that is from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-.

• IPA^(key): [βa]

fa (triggers lenition)

1. (in indirect interrogative clauses) or

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fa.

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fa, ba, fo”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 464, page 291; reprinted 2017

From Old Norse fá, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.

fā

1. to seize, take
2. to get, receive

• Swedish: få

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

-fá

1. to die

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• IPA^(key): /fa/

fa

1. Doric Scots form of wha (“who”)

   Fa's this quine, en?

   Who's this girl, then?

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

-fá (infinitive kufá)

1. to die

• rufu

From Proto-Bantu *-páa.

fa

1. to give

South Marquesan cardinal numbers

<  3	4	5  >
Cardinal : fa

From Proto-Polynesian *fa, from Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

fa

1. four

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

-fá

1. to die

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa/ [ˈfa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: fa

fa m (plural fa)

1. fa (fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) musical note)

fa

1. (Argentina) ew, phew (expression of disgust)

   Synonyms: puaj, guácala

• “fa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

fa

1. how

fa

1. as soon as

Short for a phrase such as fa fu yu? or fa a e go?

fa?

1. hi; how are you?; how's it going?

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

-fa (infinitive kufa)

1. to die

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fa

2. to stop, come to an end

Conjugation of -fa
Positive present -nakufa Subjunctive -fe Negative -fi Imperative singular kufa
Infinitives
Positive kufa Negative kutokufa
Imperatives
Singular kufa Plural kufeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufa Positive past positive subject concord + -likufa Negative past negative subject concord + -kufa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakufa) Singular Plural 1st person ninakufa/nakufa tunakufa 2nd person unakufa mnakufa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakufa wanakufa other classes positive subject concord + -nakufa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fi) Singular Plural 1st person sifi hatufi 2nd person hufi hamfi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafi hawafi other classes negative subject concord + -fi
Positive future positive subject concord + -takufa Negative future negative subject concord + -takufa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fe) Singular Plural 1st person nife tufe 2nd person ufe mfe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afe wafe other classes positive subject concord + -fe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sife Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekufa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekufa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikufa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikufa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afa) Singular Plural 1st person nafa twafa 2nd person wafa mwafa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afa wafa m-mi(III/IV) wafa yafa ji-ma(V/VI) lafa yafa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafa vyafa n(IX/X) yafa zafa u(XI) wafa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwafa pa(XVI) pafa mu(XVIII) mwafa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekufa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakufa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kifa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokufa Consecutive kafa / positive subject concord + -kafa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nifa -tufa 2nd person -kufa -wafa/-kufeni/-wafeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfa -wafa m-mi(III/IV) -ufa -ifa ji-ma(V/VI) -lifa -yafa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifa -vifa n(IX/X) -ifa -zifa u(XI) -ufa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kufa pa(XVI) -pafa mu(XVIII) -mufa Reflexive -jifa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -faye -fao m-mi(III/IV) -fao -fayo ji-ma(V/VI) -falo -fayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -facho -favyo n(IX/X) -fayo -fazo u(XI) -fao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -fako pa(XVI) -fapo mu(XVIII) -famo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kufa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekufa -okufa m-mi(III/IV) -okufa -yokufa ji-ma(V/VI) -lokufa -yokufa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokufa -vyokufa n(IX/X) -yokufa -zokufa u(XI) -okufa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokufa pa(XVI) -pokufa mu(XVIII) -mokufa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -fia
  • Causative: -fisha (“murder”)
  • Passive: -fiwa (“mourn, be bereaved”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • kifa (“death”)
  • mafa (“cemetery”)

• -fu (“dead”)
• kifo (“death”)
• mfu (“dead person”)
• ufu (“death”)

• -ua (“kill”)

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

-fá

1. (intransitive) to die

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

fa (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴰ)

1. (intransitive) to yawn

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

fa

1. to die

From Italian fa

• IPA^(key): /fa/

fa (definite accusative fayı, plural falar)

2. (music) fa (fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) musical note)
3. F (musical note or key)

Tuvaluan cardinal numbers

<  3	4	5  >
Cardinal : fa

From Proto-Polynesian *fa, from Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

fa

1. four

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

fa

1. to die

fa m (invariable)

1. (music) fa (fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) musical note)
2. F (musical note or key)

fa

1. as, like

fa

1. by (indicating an agent)

fa

1. or

   win edeng fa iunge ― two days or three

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[3], Pacific linguistics

From Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

fa

1. four

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

• IPA^(key): [fá]

-fá

1. (intransitive) to die

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• umfi

• IPA^(key): /fà/

fà

1. (transitive, intransitive) to pull

   mo fa aṣọ ― I pulled the clothes

2. (transitive) to suck
3. (intransitive) to subside, to reduce

   eéwó t'ó wú ti fà ― The boil that was swollen has reduced

4. to draw, to sketch

   ó fa ìlà sórí ìwé ― He drew a line on the piece of paper

5. to become sluggish

   ọ̀lẹ́ fà tìì lẹ́nu iṣẹ́ ― The lazy person was sluggish at work

6. to be elastic, to be mucilaginous (as a soup or stew), to draw

   Synonym: yọ̀

   ọbẹ̀ ewédú náàá fà ― This ewedu soup is mucilaginous

7. (intransitive) to crawl

   bí ìgbín fà, ìkarahun á tẹ̀lé e ― When the snail crawls its shell shall follow it

8. (transitive) to cause, to bring about

   ìyà púpọ̀ ni ó fa ẹkún ― Too much suffering is the cause of weeping

9. (transitive) to long for

   ọkàn àwọn ọmọ́ fà mí ― I longed for those children

• fa before a direct object

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - fà (“to pull, cause”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ào	Ìdóàní	fà
		Eastern Àkókó	Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó	fà
		Ìdànrè	Ìdànrè	fà
		Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	fà
			Ìkòròdú	fà
			Ṣágámù	fà
			Ẹ̀pẹ́	fà
		Ìkálẹ̀	Òkìtìpupa	fà
		Ìlàjẹ	Mahin	fà
		Oǹdó	Oǹdó	fà
		Ọ̀wọ̀	Ọ̀wọ̀	fà
		Usẹn	Usẹn	fà
	Ìtsẹkírì		Ìwẹrẹ	fà (to pull), lẹ̀ghẹ̀ (to cause, deceive)
	Olùkùmi		Ugbódù	fà
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	fà
			Àkúrẹ́	fà
			Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	fà
		Ifẹ̀	Ilé Ifẹ̀	fà
		Ìgbómìnà	Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún	fà
			Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA	fà
			Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA	fà
			Ìsin LGA	fà
		Ìjẹ̀ṣà	Iléṣà	fà
		Western Àkókó	Ọ̀gbàgì Àkókó	fà
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì	Èbúté Mẹ́tà	fà
		Ẹ̀gbá	Abẹ́òkúta	fà
		Èkó	Èkó	fà
		Ìbàdàn	Ìbàdàn	fà
		Ìbàràpá	Igbó Òrà	fà
		Ìbọ̀lọ́	Òṣogbo	fà
		Ìlọrin	Ìlọrin	fà
		Oǹkó	Ìtẹ̀síwájú LGA	fà
			Ìwàjówà LGA	fà
			Kájọlà LGA	fà
			Ìsẹ́yìn LGA	fà
			Ṣakí West LGA	fà
			Atisbo LGA	fà
			Ọlọ́runṣògo LGA	fà
		Ọ̀yọ́	Ọ̀yọ́	fà
		Standard Yorùbá	Nàìjíríà	fà
			Bɛ̀nɛ̀	fà
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Owé	Kabba	fà
	Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ana	Sokode	fà
		Cábɛ̀ɛ́	Cábɛ̀ɛ́	fà
			Tchaourou	fà
		Ìcà	Agoua	fà
		Ìdàácà	Igbó Ìdàácà	fà
		Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè	Ìkpòbɛ́	fà
			Kétu	fà
			Onigbolo	fà
			Yewa	fà
		Ifɛ̀	Akpáré	fà
			Atakpamé	fà
			Boko	fà
			Moretan	fà
			Tchetti	fà
		Kura	Aledjo-Koura	fà
			Awotébi	fà
			Partago	fà
		Mɔ̄kɔ́lé	Kandi	fà
		Northern Nago	Kambole	fà
			Manigri	fà
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.

• IPA^(key): /fá/

fá

1. (transitive) to scrape or wipe off

   alápatàá fá awọ náà ― The butcher wiped off the skin

2. (transitive) to shave

   mo fá irun abíyá ― I shaved my armpit hair

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

IPA^(key): /fá/

-fá

1. (intransitive) to die

Tone H
Infinitive	ukufa
	Positive	Negative
Infinitive	ukufa	ukungafi
	Imperative
	Simple	+ object concord
Singular	yifa	-fe
Plural	yifani	-feni
	Present
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngiyafa, ngifa	engifayo, engifa	ngifa	angifi	engingafi	ngingafi
2nd singular	uyafa, ufa	ofayo, ofa	ufa	awufi	ongafi	ungafi
1st plural	siyafa, sifa	esifayo, esifa	sifa	asifi	esingafi	singafi
2nd plural	niyafa, nifa	enifayo, enifa	nifa	anifi	eningafi	ningafi
Class 1	uyafa, ufa	ofayo, ofa	efa	akafi	ongafi	engafi
Class 2	bayafa, bafa	abafayo, abafa	befa	abafi	abangafi	bengafi
Class 3	uyafa, ufa	ofayo, ofa	ufa	awufi	ongafi	ungafi
Class 4	iyafa, ifa	efayo, efa	ifa	ayifi	engafi	ingafi
Class 5	liyafa, lifa	elifayo, elifa	lifa	alifi	elingafi	lingafi
Class 6	ayafa, afa	afayo, afa	efa	awafi	angafi	engafi
Class 7	siyafa, sifa	esifayo, esifa	sifa	asifi	esingafi	singafi
Class 8	ziyafa, zifa	ezifayo, ezifa	zifa	azifi	ezingafi	zingafi
Class 9	iyafa, ifa	efayo, efa	ifa	ayifi	engafi	ingafi
Class 10	ziyafa, zifa	ezifayo, ezifa	zifa	azifi	ezingafi	zingafi
Class 11	luyafa, lufa	olufayo, olufa	lufa	alufi	olungafi	lungafi
Class 14	buyafa, bufa	obufayo, obufa	bufa	abufi	obungafi	bungafi
Class 15	kuyafa, kufa	okufayo, okufa	kufa	akufi	okungafi	kungafi
Class 17	kuyafa, kufa	okufayo, okufa	kufa	akufi	okungafi	kungafi
	Recent past
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngifile, ngifē	engifile, engifē	ngifile, ngifē	angifanga	engingafanga	ngingafanga
2nd singular	ufile, ufē	ofile, ofē	ufile, ufē	awufanga	ongafanga	ungafanga
1st plural	sifile, sifē	esifile, esifē	sifile, sifē	asifanga	esingafanga	singafanga
2nd plural	nifile, nifē	enifile, enifē	nifile, nifē	anifanga	eningafanga	ningafanga
Class 1	ufile, ufē	ofile, ofē	efile, efē	akafanga	ongafanga	engafanga
Class 2	bafile, bafē	abafile, abafē	befile, befē	abafanga	abangafanga	bengafanga
Class 3	ufile, ufē	ofile, ofē	ufile, ufē	awufanga	ongafanga	ungafanga
Class 4	ifile, ifē	efile, efē	ifile, ifē	ayifanga	engafanga	ingafanga
Class 5	lifile, lifē	elifile, elifē	lifile, lifē	alifanga	elingafanga	lingafanga
Class 6	afile, afē	afile, afē	efile, efē	awafanga	angafanga	engafanga
Class 7	sifile, sifē	esifile, esifē	sifile, sifē	asifanga	esingafanga	singafanga
Class 8	zifile, zifē	ezifile, ezifē	zifile, zifē	azifanga	ezingafanga	zingafanga
Class 9	ifile, ifē	efile, efē	ifile, ifē	ayifanga	engafanga	ingafanga
Class 10	zifile, zifē	ezifile, ezifē	zifile, zifē	azifanga	ezingafanga	zingafanga
Class 11	lufile, lufē	olufile, olufē	lufile, lufē	alufanga	olungafanga	lungafanga
Class 14	bufile, bufē	obufile, obufē	bufile, bufē	abufanga	obungafanga	bungafanga
Class 15	kufile, kufē	okufile, okufē	kufile, kufē	akufanga	okungafanga	kungafanga
Class 17	kufile, kufē	okufile, okufē	kufile, kufē	akufanga	okungafanga	kungafanga
	Remote past
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngāfa	engāfa	ngāfa	angifanga	engingafanga	ngingafanga
2nd singular	wāfa	owāfa	wāfa	awufanga	ongafanga	ungafanga
1st plural	sāfa	esāfa	sāfa	asifanga	esingafanga	singafanga
2nd plural	nāfa	enāfa	nāfa	anifanga	eningafanga	ningafanga
Class 1	wāfa	owāfa	āfa	akafanga	ongafanga	engafanga
Class 2	bāfa	abāfa	bāfa	abafanga	abangafanga	bengafanga
Class 3	wāfa	owāfa	wāfa	awufanga	ongafanga	ungafanga
Class 4	yāfa	eyāfa	yāfa	ayifanga	engafanga	ingafanga
Class 5	lāfa	elāfa	lāfa	alifanga	elingafanga	lingafanga
Class 6	āfa	āfa	āfa	awafanga	angafanga	engafanga
Class 7	sāfa	esāfa	sāfa	asifanga	esingafanga	singafanga
Class 8	zāfa	ezāfa	zāfa	azifanga	ezingafanga	zingafanga
Class 9	yāfa	eyāfa	yāfa	ayifanga	engafanga	ingafanga
Class 10	zāfa	ezāfa	zāfa	azifanga	ezingafanga	zingafanga
Class 11	lwāfa	olwāfa	lwāfa	alufanga	olungafanga	lungafanga
Class 14	bāfa	obāfa	bāfa	abufanga	obungafanga	bungafanga
Class 15	kwāfa	okwāfa	kwāfa	akufanga	okungafanga	kungafanga
Class 17	kwāfa	okwāfa	kwāfa	akufanga	okungafanga	kungafanga
	Potential
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngingafa	—	ngingafa	ngingefe	—	ngingefe
2nd singular	ungafa	—	ungafa	ungefe	—	ungefe
1st plural	singafa	—	singafa	singefe	—	singefe
2nd plural	ningafa	—	ningafa	ningefe	—	ningefe
Class 1	angafa	—	engafa	angefe	—	engefe
Class 2	bangafa	—	bengafa	bangefe	—	bengefe
Class 3	ungafa	—	ungafa	ungefe	—	ungefe
Class 4	ingafa	—	ingafa	ingefe	—	ingefe
Class 5	lingafa	—	lingafa	lingefe	—	lingefe
Class 6	angafa	—	engafa	angefe	—	engefe
Class 7	singafa	—	singafa	singefe	—	singefe
Class 8	zingafa	—	zingafa	zingefe	—	zingefe
Class 9	ingafa	—	ingafa	ingefe	—	ingefe
Class 10	zingafa	—	zingafa	zingefe	—	zingefe
Class 11	lungafa	—	lungafa	lungefe	—	lungefe
Class 14	bungafa	—	bungafa	bungefe	—	bungefe
Class 15	kungafa	—	kungafa	kungefe	—	kungefe
Class 17	kungafa	—	kungafa	kungefe	—	kungefe
	Immediate future
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngizokufa	engizokufa	ngizokufa	angizukufa	engingezukufa	ngingezukufa
2nd singular	uzokufa	ozokufa	uzokufa	awuzukufa	ongezukufa	ungezukufa
1st plural	sizokufa	esizokufa	sizokufa	asizukufa	esingezukufa	singezukufa
2nd plural	nizokufa	enizokufa	nizokufa	anizukufa	eningezukufa	ningezukufa
Class 1	uzokufa	ozokufa	ezokufa	akazukufa	ongezukufa	engezukufa
Class 2	bazokufa	abazokufa	bezokufa	abazukufa	abangezukufa	bengezukufa
Class 3	uzokufa	ozokufa	uzokufa	awuzukufa	ongezukufa	ungezukufa
Class 4	izokufa	ezokufa	izokufa	ayizukufa	engezukufa	ingezukufa
Class 5	lizokufa	elizokufa	lizokufa	alizukufa	elingezukufa	lingezukufa
Class 6	azokufa	azokufa	ezokufa	awazukufa	angezukufa	engezukufa
Class 7	sizokufa	esizokufa	sizokufa	asizukufa	esingezukufa	singezukufa
Class 8	zizokufa	ezizokufa	zizokufa	azizukufa	ezingezukufa	zingezukufa
Class 9	izokufa	ezokufa	izokufa	ayizukufa	engezukufa	ingezukufa
Class 10	zizokufa	ezizokufa	zizokufa	azizukufa	ezingezukufa	zingezukufa
Class 11	luzokufa	oluzokufa	luzokufa	aluzukufa	olungezukufa	lungezukufa
Class 14	buzokufa	obuzokufa	buzokufa	abuzukufa	obungezukufa	bungezukufa
Class 15	kuzokufa	okuzokufa	kuzokufa	akuzukufa	okungezukufa	kungezukufa
Class 17	kuzokufa	okuzokufa	kuzokufa	akuzukufa	okungezukufa	kungezukufa
	Remote future
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngiyokufa	engiyokufa	ngiyokufa	angiyukufa	engingeyukufa	ngingeyukufa
2nd singular	uyokufa	oyokufa	uyokufa	awuyukufa	ongeyukufa	ungeyukufa
1st plural	siyokufa	esiyokufa	siyokufa	asiyukufa	esingeyukufa	singeyukufa
2nd plural	niyokufa	eniyokufa	niyokufa	aniyukufa	eningeyukufa	ningeyukufa
Class 1	uyokufa	oyokufa	eyokufa	akayukufa	ongeyukufa	engeyukufa
Class 2	bayokufa	abayokufa	beyokufa	abayukufa	abangeyukufa	bengeyukufa
Class 3	uyokufa	oyokufa	uyokufa	awuyukufa	ongeyukufa	ungeyukufa
Class 4	iyokufa	eyokufa	iyokufa	ayiyukufa	engeyukufa	ingeyukufa
Class 5	liyokufa	eliyokufa	liyokufa	aliyukufa	elingeyukufa	lingeyukufa
Class 6	ayokufa	ayokufa	eyokufa	awayukufa	angeyukufa	engeyukufa
Class 7	siyokufa	esiyokufa	siyokufa	asiyukufa	esingeyukufa	singeyukufa
Class 8	ziyokufa	eziyokufa	ziyokufa	aziyukufa	ezingeyukufa	zingeyukufa
Class 9	iyokufa	eyokufa	iyokufa	ayiyukufa	engeyukufa	ingeyukufa
Class 10	ziyokufa	eziyokufa	ziyokufa	aziyukufa	ezingeyukufa	zingeyukufa
Class 11	luyokufa	oluyokufa	luyokufa	aluyukufa	olungeyukufa	lungeyukufa
Class 14	buyokufa	obuyokufa	buyokufa	abuyukufa	obungeyukufa	bungeyukufa
Class 15	kuyokufa	okuyokufa	kuyokufa	akuyukufa	okungeyukufa	kungeyukufa
Class 17	kuyokufa	okuyokufa	kuyokufa	akuyukufa	okungeyukufa	kungeyukufa
	Present subjunctive
	Positive	Negative
1st singular	ngife	ngingafi
2nd singular	ufe	ungafi
1st plural	sife	singafi
2nd plural	nife	ningafi
Class 1	afe	angafi
Class 2	bafe	bangafi
Class 3	ufe	ungafi
Class 4	ife	ingafi
Class 5	life	lingafi
Class 6	afe	angafi
Class 7	sife	singafi
Class 8	zife	zingafi
Class 9	ife	ingafi
Class 10	zife	zingafi
Class 11	lufe	lungafi
Class 14	bufe	bungafi
Class 15	kufe	kungafi
Class 17	kufe	kungafi
	Past subjunctive
	Positive	Negative
1st singular	ngafa	ngangafa, angafa, angangafa
2nd singular	wafa	wangafa, awafa, awangafa
1st plural	safa	sangafa, asafa, asangafa
2nd plural	nafa	nangafa, anafa, anangafa
Class 1	wafa	wangafa, akafa, akangafa
Class 2	bafa	bangafa, abafa, abangafa
Class 3	wafa	wangafa, awafa, awangafa
Class 4	yafa	yangafa, ayafa, ayangafa
Class 5	lafa	langafa, alafa, alangafa
Class 6	afa	angafa, awafa, awangafa
Class 7	safa	sangafa, asafa, asangafa
Class 8	zafa	zangafa, azafa, azangafa
Class 9	yafa	yangafa, ayafa, ayangafa
Class 10	zafa	zangafa, azafa, azangafa
Class 11	lwafa	lwangafa, alwafa, alwangafa
Class 14	bafa	bangafa, abafa, abangafa
Class 15	kwafa	kwangafa, akwafa, akwangafa
Class 17	kwafa	kwangafa, akwafa, akwangafa

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “fa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “fa (imper. yifa, 6.3)”