Manx

Prefix

far-

1. pseudo-, mock, fake

Derived terms

Mutation

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fer-, *fur-, *fra- ‎(“away, far”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, *per-, *pr- with a variety of meanings including ‘rejection, destruction, prohibition’. Cognate with Old Frisian for-, Old English for-, for-, Dutch ver-, Old High German fir-, far- (German ver-), and, outside Germanic, with Ancient Greek περί ‎(perí), Latin per-, Old Church Slavonic пре- (Russian пере-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑr/

Prefix

far-

1. forming verbs from verbs with various senses especially ‘wrongly, away from, astray, abstention, prohibition, perversion, destruction’

   farbiodan ‎(“to forbid, prohibit”)

   farwerthan ‎(“to perish, die”)

   farswerian ‎(“to forswear”)

2. used to create intensified adjectives and verbs from other adjectives and verbs, with the sense of completely or fully. Compare Modern English use of up

   farbrekan ‎(“to violate”)

   farswindan ‎(“to disappear”)

   fargeƀan ‎(“to forgive”)

3. very

   farwurht ‎(“a very evil deed”)

Scottish Gaelic

Prefix

far-

1. additional, extra

Derived terms