English

Noun

fedan ‎(plural fedans)

1. A measure of land used in Egypt, slightly more than an English acre.
   • 1993, Rikki Ducornet, The Jade Cabinet, Dalkey Archive Press, p. 71:

     Tubbs, in the fall of 1862, sent emissaries to Cairo to pressure Ismail, heir to the throne, into planting several thousand fedans – which Tubbs promised to buy.

Galician

Verb

fedan

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of feder

Old English

Verb

fēdan

1. to feed

Conjugation

Related terms

• fōda
• fōdor

Descendants

• Middle English: feden
  • English: feed